
Josh Blyskal
Claude Web Search Explained
On March 20, 2025, Anthropic released Web Search for Claude.ai, transforming it from a static LLM into an Answer Engine just like ChatGPT with Bing, Perplexity, or Google's AI Overviews. However, the critical insight is now clear: Claude leverages Brave Search as its primary search backend, confirmed by a statistically significant overlap of 86.7% (13 out of 15 total results) between Claude's cited results and Brave Browser's top non-sponsored results.