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O'Reilly Launches Powerful New Tool for Learning in the Flow of Work: O'Reilly Answers

October 7, 2020

NLP-driven contextual search engine now accessible through O鈥橰eilly online learning; fully integrated with Slack

BOSTON—October 7, 2020O’Reilly, the premier source for insight-driven learning on technology and business, today announced the launch of O鈥橰eilly Answers, an advanced natural language processing (NLP) engine that delivers quick, contextually relevant answers to challenging technical questions posed by users through O鈥橰eilly online learning. With a one-click integration into Slack, O鈥橰eilly Answers helps users learn from and discover the content that moves business forward.

Leveraging advanced machine learning techniques, the O鈥橰eilly Answers search engine provides relevant highlights and snippets from O鈥橰eilly鈥檚 library of expert content across thousands of O鈥橰eilly鈥檚 titles, pointing users directly to only the most applicable resources and eliminating noise. To encourage deeper discovery, the feature allows users to drill down into full content pieces from referenced titles. To further improve productivity, all functions of O鈥橰eilly Answers are available through a simple Slack Integration.

鈥淥ver half of all O鈥橰eilly usage is non-linear learning—finding fast solutions that can quickly be applied to work. Taking time to dig up resources can mean the difference between moving to the next step or stalling on a project,鈥 said Laura Baldwin, President, O鈥橰eilly Media. 鈥淎s we fall into step with the new pace of organizational change, O鈥橰eilly Answers helps bridge the gap between learning and knowledge, eliminating the need for lengthy training sessions and helping users get back to work with the tools they need to get the job done.鈥

According to Dynamic Signal鈥檚 State of Employee Communication and Engagement study, 85% of employees lose at least one to two hours of productivity a week searching for information. For O鈥橰eilly users, O鈥橰eilly Answers creates a critical way to answer technical questions quickly and efficiently in order to solve a problem. The feature also creates opportunities for deeper exploration into the most challenging technologies, including AI, quantum computing, robotics, virtual reality and more.

For more information about O鈥橰eilly online learning and to register for a free 10-day trial, visit /online-learning/.

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