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Reddit Almost Disappears from ChatGPT Answers as Search Citations Drop 86% (promptwatch.com)
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[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

It's had web search ability for about 2 years now. That makes it a fair bit more reliable than before except for when the source it finds is actually irrelevant. But if you're knowledgeable in the domain you're prompting about, it'll usually be easy to figure out. If you're not... Well, good luck.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I know it had web searchability, but it never provided the source of the information, which is, like, a giant fucking problem .

[–] shiroininja@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago

Mine does every time, but I customized it.