<s>
The	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Knowledge	B-Application
Graph	I-Application
is	O
a	O
knowledge	O
base	O
from	O
which	O
Google	B-Application
serves	O
relevant	O
information	O
in	O
an	O
infobox	O
beside	O
its	O
search	O
results	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allows	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
see	O
the	O
answer	O
in	O
a	O
glance	O
,	O
as	O
an	O
instant	B-Application
answer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
information	O
covered	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
Knowledge	B-Application
Graph	I-Application
grew	O
quickly	O
after	O
launch	O
,	O
tripling	O
its	O
data	O
size	O
within	O
seven	O
months	O
(	O
covering	O
570	O
million	O
entities	O
and	O
18	O
billion	O
facts	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
mid-2016	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
reported	O
that	O
it	O
held	O
70	O
billion	O
facts	O
and	O
answered	O
"	O
roughly	O
one-third	O
"	O
of	O
the	O
100	O
billion	O
monthly	O
searches	O
they	O
handled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
no	O
official	O
documentation	O
of	O
how	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Knowledge	B-Application
Graph	I-Application
is	O
implemented	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
its	O
information	O
is	O
retrieved	O
from	O
many	O
sources	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
CIA	O
World	O
Factbook	O
and	O
Wikipedia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
answer	O
direct	O
spoken	O
questions	O
in	O
Google	B-Application
Assistant	I-Application
and	O
Google	B-Device
Home	I-Device
voice	O
queries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
announced	O
its	O
Knowledge	B-Application
Graph	I-Application
on	O
May	O
16	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
significantly	O
enhance	O
the	O
value	O
of	O
information	O
returned	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
searches	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Knowledge	B-Application
Graph	I-Application
was	O
powered	O
in	O
part	O
by	O
Freebase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2014	O
,	O
New	O
Scientist	O
reported	O
that	O
Google	B-Application
had	O
launched	O
a	O
Knowledge	B-Application
Vault	I-Application
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
publication	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
reached	O
out	O
to	O
Search	O
Engine	O
Land	O
to	O
explain	O
that	O
Knowledge	B-Application
Vault	I-Application
was	O
a	O
research	O
report	O
,	O
not	O
an	O
active	O
Google	B-Application
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Search	O
Engine	O
Land	O
expressed	O
indications	O
that	O
Google	B-Application
was	O
experimenting	O
with	O
"	O
numerous	O
models	O
"	O
for	O
gathering	O
meaning	O
from	O
text	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
Knowledge	B-Application
Vault	I-Application
was	O
meant	O
to	O
deal	O
with	O
facts	O
,	O
automatically	O
gathering	O
and	O
merging	O
information	O
from	O
across	O
the	O
Internet	O
into	O
a	O
knowledge	O
base	O
capable	O
of	O
answering	O
direct	O
questions	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
"	O
Where	O
was	O
Madonna	O
born	O
?	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
reported	O
to	O
be	O
different	O
from	O
the	O
Knowledge	B-Application
Graph	I-Application
in	O
that	O
it	O
gathered	O
information	O
automatically	O
instead	O
of	O
relying	O
on	O
crowd-sourced	O
facts	O
compiled	O
by	O
humans	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dario	O
Taraborelli	O
,	O
head	O
of	O
research	O
at	O
the	O
Wikimedia	O
Foundation	O
,	O
told	O
The	O
Washington	O
Post	O
that	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
omission	O
of	O
sources	O
in	O
its	O
knowledge	O
boxes	O
"	O
undermines	O
people	O
’s	O
ability	O
to	O
verify	O
information	O
and	O
,	O
ultimately	O
,	O
to	O
develop	O
well-informed	O
opinions	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
The	O
Register	O
in	O
2014	O
the	O
display	O
of	O
direct	O
answers	O
in	O
knowledge	B-Application
panels	I-Application
alongside	O
Google	B-Application
search	I-Application
results	O
caused	O
significant	O
readership	O
declines	O
for	O
Wikipedia	O
,	O
from	O
which	O
the	O
panels	O
obtained	O
some	O
of	O
their	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
article	O
's	O
publication	O
,	O
a	O
spokesperson	O
for	O
the	O
Wikimedia	O
Foundation	O
,	O
which	O
operates	O
Wikipedia	O
,	O
stated	O
that	O
it	O
"	O
welcomes	O
"	O
the	O
knowledge	B-Application
panel	I-Application
functionality	O
,	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
"	O
looking	O
into	O
"	O
the	O
traffic	O
drops	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
"	O
We	O
've	O
also	O
not	O
noticed	O
a	O
significant	O
drop	O
in	O
search	O
engine	O
referrals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
We	O
also	O
have	O
a	O
continuing	O
dialog	O
with	O
staff	O
from	O
Google	B-Application
working	O
on	O
the	O
Knowledge	B-Application
Panel	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
his	O
2020	O
book	O
,	O
Dariusz	O
Jemielniak	O
noted	O
that	O
as	O
most	O
Google	B-Application
users	O
do	O
not	O
realize	O
that	O
many	O
answers	O
to	O
their	O
questions	O
that	O
appear	O
in	O
the	O
Knowledge	B-Application
Graph	I-Application
come	O
from	O
Wikipedia	O
,	O
this	O
reduces	O
Wikipedia	O
's	O
popularity	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
turn	O
limited	O
the	O
site	O
's	O
ability	O
to	O
raise	O
new	O
funds	O
and	O
attract	O
new	O
volunteers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
had	O
been	O
noted	O
in	O
2014	O
that	O
while	O
there	O
was	O
a	O
Knowledge	B-Application
Graph	I-Application
for	O
most	O
major	O
historical	O
or	O
pseudo-historical	O
religious	O
figures	O
such	O
as	O
Moses	B-Language
,	O
Muhammad	O
and	O
Gautama	O
Buddha	O
,	O
there	O
was	O
none	O
for	O
Jesus	O
,	O
the	O
central	O
figure	O
of	O
Christianity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
3	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
a	O
knowledge	O
box	O
identified	O
Kannada	O
as	O
the	O
ugliest	O
language	O
in	O
India	O
,	O
prompting	O
outrage	O
from	O
the	O
Kannada-language	O
community	O
;	O
the	O
state	O
of	O
Karnataka	O
,	O
where	O
most	O
Kannada	O
speakers	O
live	O
,	O
also	O
threatened	O
to	O
sue	O
Google	B-Application
for	O
damaging	O
the	O
public	O
image	O
of	O
the	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
promptly	O
changed	O
the	O
featured	B-Application
snippet	I-Application
for	O
the	O
search	O
query	O
and	O
issued	O
a	O
formal	O
apology	O
.	O
</s>
