What is Ai2 Asta?
Ai2 Asta is a scholarly research assistant for people who need to find and make sense of scientific evidence. It combines literature understanding with data-driven discovery, drawing on more than 108 million abstracts and 12 million full-text papers. Asta can find, summarize, and analyze scientific evidence, supporting research work from literature discovery through evidence analysis.
Ai2 Asta Features:
Literature Understanding: Asta combines an understanding of scholarly literature with data-driven discovery to support work with scientific evidence.
Abstract Collection: The assistant draws on more than 108 million abstracts as a source for finding and examining scientific evidence.
Full-Text Papers: Asta’s research material includes 12 million full-text papers, alongside its collection of abstracts.
Evidence Discovery: Asta helps users find scientific evidence across its research material, supporting discovery within scholarly literature.
Evidence Summaries: The assistant summarizes scientific evidence, giving researchers a concise way to review information from the literature.
Evidence Analysis: Asta analyzes scientific evidence as part of its research assistance, extending its work beyond finding and summarizing literature.
Ai2 Asta Benefits:
Broader Starting Point: The sizable collection gives researchers a broad base of abstracts and full-text papers to draw on when beginning an evidence-focused inquiry.
Quicker Orientation: Summaries can help researchers get oriented to scientific evidence before deciding which parts of the literature need closer attention.
Less Manual Sifting: Finding and summarizing evidence can reduce the amount of literature researchers need to review unaided when exploring a topic.
Connected Research Work: Combining literature understanding and data-driven discovery lets users approach finding and making sense of evidence within one assistant.
Use Cases:
Literature Exploration: Researchers beginning work on a scientific topic can use Asta to find relevant evidence across abstracts and full-text papers.
Evidence Review: A researcher reviewing a body of scientific literature can use summaries to get a concise view of the evidence.
Research Analysis: People examining scientific evidence can use Asta to analyze it as part of their scholarly research process.
Discovery Work: Researchers pursuing data-driven discovery can use Asta to connect exploration of scientific literature with evidence analysis.