I've had the complete opposite experience. Hallucinations aside (more common with bad prompts or niche/specific topics), ChatGPT 3.5 has been perfect for search

I've had the complete opposite experience. Hallucinations aside (more common with bad prompts or niche/specific topics), ChatGPT 3.5 has been perfect for searching anything that isn't past the model's cut-off date, as well as summurizing long articles I don't have the time or patience to read. Google on the other hand, is at a point where even Yandex of all search engines is starting to give better results, especially when it comes to image searching and content Google doesn't like as much like piracy. Google used to be amazing back in the day, nowadays I find myself having to specify REDDIT (or a specific forum) on my searches because the top results without it are hardly ever good.