Search Institute makes the mechanisms behind retrieval, ranking, citation, recommendation, and discovery measurement observable through source-traceable research.
The contracts promise ownership while preserving provider power over training, competitive reuse, and model access—a tension now visible in court policy, research credit, and the Cursor acquisition.
Aug 28, 2026
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Primary evidence, bounded claims, transparent methods, named authorship, and visible corrections.
How the Institute handles sources, protocols, uncertainty, and review before publication.
Independent research on how search and AI systems retrieve, rank, cite, and recommend information.
