Release Notes: January 12, 2026

Key Improvements

Ask AI

We have made a series of improvements to Ask AI that significantly enhance performance, answer quality, and overall usability. These updates help you move faster from question to insight, even when working with large, complex, or long-running studies.

Expanded Data Coverage

Ask AI for Discussions: Ask AI now includes Discussion Topics, unlocking insights from rich, unstructured conversations across long-term communities.

Analyze a larger portion of your study data
Highlight organic participant thoughts for clearer insights
Save time reviewing long threads, especially in ongoing or longitudinal studies

Performance Enhancements

Bigger Data Capacity, Faster Answers: Ask AI can now process more data at once, delivering quicker responses without sacrificing quality.
Upgraded AI Models for Better Answers: Ask AI now brings clearer, more accurate answers that are also cleaner and easier to read.
Improved Verbatims Accuracy: Ask AI now draws from a broader set of participant verbatims, resulting in quotes that feel more relevant and trustworthy.
Stronger Time-Aware Insights: Ask AI can reason about time-based questions like recent feedback, changes over time, or trends across weeks or months. This makes longitudinal analysis clearer and more reliable.
Participant-Attributed Quotes for Easier Validation: Ask AI now offers the ability to directly quote participants in its answers, making it easier to identify sources, validate insights, and collect useful quotes for reporting.

Experience Enhancements

Cleaner, More Focused Interface: We simplified the process of asking questions in single-study contexts and redesigned key parts of the Ask AI interface to reduce friction and keep you focused on insights.
Smarter Filtering and Search: Filtering and selection menus for studies, activities, tasks, categories, and topics are now more visible and easier to manage.
Improved Navigation and Readability: The Ask AI interface has been refined for consistency and accessibility, creating a more intuitive experience when asking questions and exploring follow-ups.