The recent web search integration actually made ChatGPT much worse at this specific kind of search (I want a piece of media, but I only remember characteristics

The recent web search integration actually made ChatGPT much worse at this specific kind of search (I want a piece of media, but I only remember characteristics of it) If you explicitly tell it not to search, it's less likely to anchor itself in trying to search the web and going down rabbit holes. It also more likely to pause at times and ask the right questions to nudge.