Real content, not dead ends
Pages that look like articles but are really cookie walls, error screens or “access denied” notices are recognised for what they are and kept out of your results.
Model Fab · Sonar
Meet Sonar.askFinz's first model.
Coming soon inside askFinz
Sonar looks at something — a web page, a question, a message, a listing — and works out what it is and where it belongs. It starts by keeping the askFinz web index clean and well organised, and from there it makes every askFinz product a little sharper.
- It looks at
- Pages, questions, messages, listings
- It works out
- What it is, and where it belongs
Its first job
the web indexA cleaner library means better answers everywhere.
Before Sonar shows up anywhere else, it goes to work on the askFinz web index — the library every askFinz product reads from. Everything built on top of it gets better when the library itself is tidy.
The right shelf for every page
Every page is filed with the things it belongs with — a court ruling with the law, a paper with research, a filing with the markets — so a search lands in the right place.
Unsafe sites spotted
Sites that exist to scam, spread malware or mislead are picked out, adding one more check to the ones that already keep the index clean.
How we keep the index safeThe part of the page that matters
Menus, banners and footers are set aside, so the part of a page you came for is the part askFinz reads and remembers.
Where Sonar will show up
across askFinzYou will not see Sonar as a button or a setting. You will notice it in the products you already use — in results that fit, in an inbox that is sorted, in stories that are in the right place.
What it means for you
06 momentsThe block page never reaches your results.
A page dressed up as an article but really saying “please enable cookies” or “access denied” is recognised and left out, so your results are pages you can actually read.
A job search shows jobs.
Looking for work brings back job listings — not developer documentation that happens to mention “jobs”.
A new website is judged by what it says.
A site askFinz has never seen before is filed by what it actually contains, not by a guess from its name.
One story, every source.
When many outlets report the same event, News can bring them together as one story instead of a wall of near-identical headlines.
Reviews you can believe.
Reviews written to game a rating are caught before they shape what you choose in Shop.
A claim, with its evidence sorted.
In Research, the sources behind a claim are sorted into those that back it up and those that argue against it.
Why Sonar is different
made at Model FabBuilt by askFinz, for askFinz
Sonar is made here, around the work askFinz does every day. It is shaped by the platform it serves and the people who use it.
It steps in only where it has proven itself
Sonar takes on a job only after it has shown it does that job well. Until then, the way askFinz already works stays in charge.
It gets better every day
Sonar keeps learning from askFinz as the platform is used. A new version takes over only when it proves better than the one already at work.
Private stays private
Sonar learns how to sort mail without learning from your mail. Your private messages are not what teaches it.
Availability
coming soonSonar lives inside askFinz.
Sonar works only inside askFinz products. It is not offered as an API, a download or a separate product — you meet it through the askFinz you already use, with nothing to install and nothing to switch on.
- 01The web index and Search
Sonar starts where everything else begins: the library, and the search that reads it.
- 02Across askFinz
Then Chat, News, Shop, Research and Mail, each one as Sonar proves itself there.
Questions
04- When can I use Sonar?
- Sonar is coming soon inside askFinz. It starts in the web index and Search, then reaches the rest of the platform. There is nothing to switch on: you will simply find results that are cleaner and better sorted.
- Can I use Sonar in my own product?
- No. Sonar works only inside askFinz products. It is not offered as an API, a download or a separate product.
- Does Sonar learn from my email?
- No. Sonar learns how to sort mail without learning from your mail. When it sorts your inbox in askFinz Mail, your messages are not used to teach it.
- Will there be other models?
- Yes. Sonar is the first model from askFinz Model Fab, and more are in the works. New ones will be introduced on the Model Fab page first.
Sonar is the first model from Model Fab. More models are in the works.
Coming soon inside askFinz
See Sonar at work.
askFinz is in private access, and new accounts join in waves. Request access and you will be there as Sonar rolls out — first in the web index and Search, then across the platform.