Last Updated on September 9, 2025 by Editorial Team Author(s): Edgar Bermudez Originally published on Towards AI. Introduction: Why does vector search need to go local? As AI tools continue to evolve, many of the applications we use daily, like recommendation engines, image search, and chat-based assistants, rely on vector search. This technique lets machines find “similar” things quickly, whether that’s related documents, nearby images, or contextually relevant responses. But here’s ...