What you can do with it
Semantic Scholar is Ai2's free AI-powered discovery tool for scientific literature. It helps you find relevant papers and navigate research through scholarly metadata and related work. Rather than being a general conversational chatbot, it serves as an entry point for locating evidence and deciding which original studies deserve closer reading.
What’s included for free
Ai2 describes Semantic Scholar as a free AI-powered research tool. Searching does not require a paid plan; accounts support personal library features, and publisher full-text access is separate.
Access can depend on your region, account, and the provider’s current terms.
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