Why it matters
Cursor added semantic search and measured a 24% increase in answer accuracy on their composer model, a 2.6% gain in code retention in large codebases, and a 2.2% drop in dissatisfied user requests. Those numbers look small until you factor in that semantic search does not fire on every query. Meanwhile Google search vo
My takeaway: Cursor added semantic search and measured a 24% increase in answer accuracy on their composer model, a 2.6% gain in code retention in large codebases, and a 2.2% drop in dissatisfied user requests. Those numbers look small until you factor in that semantic search does not fire on every query. Meanwhile Google search vo