Now Assist in AI Search

  • Release version: Washingtondc
  • Updated July 31, 2025
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    Summary of Now Assist in AI Search

    The Now Assist in AI Search application enhances search capabilities in ServiceNow by leveraging the Now LLM Service to provide actionable AI-generated or selected answers. By focusing the context for the AI model, it ensures responses are relevant and grounded in indexed content.

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    Key Features

    • Now Assist Q&A Genius Results: Generates answers from the most relevant Knowledge articles.
    • External Content Q&A Genius Results: Produces answers from documents in Microsoft SharePoint Online.
    • Now Assist Actions Genius Results: Filters and displays relevant Catalog Item and Virtual Agent topic results.

    All results are presented as actionable answer cards that link to source records or documents.

    Getting Started

    • Install: Activate the Now Assist in AI Search plugin on your instance.
    • Configure: Set up Genius Results for Service Portal, Virtual Agent, Employee Center, and global search.

    Language Support

    Now Assist in AI Search primarily supports English, with additional languages available through Dynamic Translation.

    AI Limitations

    The application relies on AI and machine learning, which may not always yield accurate or complete information. Users must test and evaluate AI outputs and maintain human oversight, especially in critical areas like healthcare and finance.

    Data Processing and Collection

    This application transfers data to a centralized ServiceNow environment, potentially involving third-party cloud providers. Data is managed according to ServiceNow's policies, with options for customers to opt out of data collection.

    The Now Assist in AI Search ServiceNow® Store application combines the power of search with the Now LLM Service agentic AI model to provide actionable AI-generated or AI-selected answers in user searches. By constraining the context passed to the Now LLM Service, Now Assist in AI Search can increase the likelihood that Now LLM Service responses are grounded in indexed content.

    Now Assist in AI Search overview

    Now Assist in AI Search includes the following Genius Result configurations:
    Now Assist Q&A Genius Results
    Now Assist Q&A Genius Results use the Now LLM Service to generate actionable Q&A Genius Result answers from the most relevant Knowledge article results.
    External Content Q&A Genius Results
    External Content Q&A Genius Results generate actionable Q&A Genius Result answers from documents in your Microsoft SharePoint Online instance.
    Now Assist Actions Genius Results
    Now Assist Actions Genius Results use the Now LLM Service to select, filter, and display the most relevant Catalog Item and Virtual Agent topic results as answers.

    All Now Assist Genius Result answers augment the user's search results, displaying as actionable answer cards. For reference, each answer card includes links to its source records or external documents.

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    Language support

    Now Assist in AI Search natively supports searches, content, and answers in English. Additional languages are supported through Dynamic Translation. For details on translation functionality and supported languages, see Dynamic Translation for Now Assist Q&A Genius Results.

    Helpful resources

    Some ServiceNow resources that can provide you with helpful information are:
    ServiceNow Community
    ServiceNow Community
    Customer Success Center
    Impact
    Developer
    developer.servicenow.com
    Impact
    http://impact.servicenow.com
    ServiceNow University
    ServiceNow University
    NowCreate
    Best Practices
    Partner
    https://www.servicenow.com/partners.html
    ServiceNow
    https://www.servicenow.com
    ServiceNow Store
    https://store.servicenow.com/
    Support