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title: "What are embeddings in AI, and how are they used in semantic search applications?"  
description: "What are embeddings in AI, and how are they used in semantic search applications?"  
author: "Anubhav Sharma"  
published: 2026-05-20  
updated: 2026-05-20  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/116651/what-are-embeddings-in-ai-and-how-are-they-used-in-semantic-search-applications  
category: "artificial-intelligence"  
tags: ["artificial intelligence"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What are embeddings in AI, and how are they used in semantic search applications?

**What are [embeddings](https://answers.mindstick.com/blog/386/understanding-embeddings-in-ollama) in [AI](https://www.mindstick.com/services/artificial-intelligence), and how are they used in [semantic](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/156348/what-is-lsi-latent-semantic-indexing-keywords) [search](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/301883/why-you-shouldn-t-trust-ai-search-engines) [applications](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/289970/google-is-celebrating-success)?**


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