Key facts
- Yahoo launched "Ask Kevin O'Connor" for NBA fans and "Ask Yahoo Scout" for investors.
- The tools are powered by Yahoo's AI answer engine, Yahoo Scout.
- The NBA feature uses analysis from senior NBA analyst Kevin O'Connor.
- The finance feature answers stock and market questions using Yahoo Finance data.
- Yahoo plans to integrate Scout technology across all its properties.
Yahoo is launching two new AI-powered products, leveraging its Yahoo Scout answer engine. The first, "Ask Kevin O'Connor," is for NBA fans and provides AI-generated responses based on Yahoo Sports senior analyst Kevin O'Connor's expertise, draft guides, and player statistics. This feature is a limited-time offering, available for several days after the NBA Draft before being sunsetted by the end of June. The second product, "Ask Yahoo Scout," is for Yahoo Finance users, answering questions about stocks, markets, and companies by drawing from the site's news coverage, data, and other trusted online sources. Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone announced these products at the Axios AI+ NY Summit, emphasizing that Scout technology will be integrated across all Yahoo properties to enhance user experiences. Yahoo, which ranks as the third-largest U.S. web property with 250 million monthly users, is betting on its established trust and expertise in the growing AI assistant market. Other publishers, like Time, The Financial Times, and Forbes, are also developing AI interfaces to engage readers with their content.