Yahoo rebuilds search around AI answer engine Scout
11/10/2026 — 11/11, 00:19·1 sources (all)·1 reports (all)
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- Yahoo has rebuilt its search around Scout, its AI answer engine, and rolled it out across its services. Scout launched in beta in January;
- Eric Feng, senior vice president at Yahoo Research Group, called it the biggest update to Yahoo Search in years. Yahoo Search had previously…
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According to a Fast Company report published at 15:00 on 2026-11-10, Yahoo has rebuilt its search experience around Scout, its AI answer engine, and is rolling the engine out across the company's various properties. Scout had originally launched as a beta in January, and Eric Feng, senior vice president and general manager of the Yahoo Research Group, called the move “truly the biggest update that we've made to Yahoo search in years.” The same report notes that Yahoo's search had long been powered by Microsoft Bing. No further coverage has appeared so far, so this remains a single-source account.
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Yahoo has rebuilt its search engine on Scout, the AI answer engine it launched in beta in January, and is pushing it across its other properties, Fast Company reported. Eric Feng, senior vice president and general manager of the Yahoo Research Group, called it the biggest update to Yahoo search in years. Yahoo search had previously been powered by Microsoft Bing.
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