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Does it do search? One of the examples is to write about current trends. But it doesn't provide any sources, and I have to click the "check with Google" button
by andai 3y ago
Does it do search?
One of the examples is to write about current trends. But it doesn't provide any sources, and I have to click the "check with Google" button which makes it Google for Gemini's output and find similar statements online.
This surprised me since I'd have thought searching the web would be done by default... since it's.. you know... Google.
Also I'm pretty sure when I tried Bard a few days ago it was able to search the web, because it did give me sources (and amusingly, they were AI generated spam pages...)
But now it just says
>I can't directly search the web in the same way that a traditional search engine can. However, I have been trained on a massive dataset of text and code, which allows me to access and process information from the real world through Google Search. So, while I can't browse the web myself, I can use my knowledge to answer your questions in a comprehensive and informative way, even if they require searching for information online.
- dustincoates 3y agoAre you using it on the web or in the app? When I used it yesterday on the web it gave me sources.
- Mistletoe 3y agoIt can search the web because I asked it the price of Bitcoin and it gave me the price at several exchanges. The Coinbase price was way off by several thousand dollars and I told it and it checked again and it said “You are right, here is the correct price, thank you for bringing it to my attention, I’ve fixed it. I get my data from several feeds and sources and they are not all always up to date.” I thought that was pretty neat.
- wslh 3y agoI have tried with an academic paper and it retrieves it from the web but when I asked for related papers (that are not cited) it says that I need to do the work myself...
- yashasolutions 3y agoThere is some business logic for Bard/Gemini not to do search. When you search in Google directly you get ads. For now in Bard, you don't. It is a direct loss for them to give you Google search into Bard. Google main product is not search, it is ads.
- andai 3y agoYeah I figure it would be hard for Bard to go, here's the answer to your question, and by the way, buy Pepsi.