Talpa Search: Library AI with Library Data and Library Values

“What’s the book with the guy stranded on Mars?”
“What’s that time-travel romance with the blue cover?”

Tim Spalding of LibraryThing shows off Talpa Search, a new library search system that combines AI and library data. Tim explains what Talpa is for, how it works and how its helping patrons and librarians navigate their collections. He also addresses how Talpa avoids the hallucinations and unearned pretensions to “intelligence” of chatbots like ChatGPT.