In a June 4, 2024 post on The Scholarly Kitchen – the second of two discussing artificial intelligence and information discovery – Hong Zhou, with Hiba Bishtawi explore generative AI (GenAI). These systems can produce original and realistic outputs based on the patterns and data they have been trained on. They discuss how GenAI is moving us towards conversational discovery and what this might mean for publishing, as well as potential future trends in information discovery.