[jtlicardo]

Asked it if it could search the web and it said yes.

Followed up with "Can you tell me the latest news from Ukraine?" and it responded with "I'm sorry, but I'm a language model and I can't do that"

[Waterluvian]

What happens if you ask it “can you search the web for latest news from Ukraine?”

[jacobsenscott]

Sure, here are some of the latest news on Ukraine as of July 13, 2023:

Ukraine's air defenses shot down 20 Iranian-made drones fired by Russia overnight. The drones were mostly destroyed in the Kyiv region. A Ukrainian general confirmed to CNN that Kyiv has received cluster munitions from the US. These munitions are controversial because they can cause widespread civilian casualties. Russia has lost a fifth of the territory it once controlled in Ukraine. This is according to a new analysis by the Guardian. The death toll from the war in Ukraine has reached an estimated 14,400 people. This includes both civilians and military personnel. The NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, focused on aid for Ukraine. The summit leaders pledged to continue supporting Ukraine and to provide it with more military assistance. I hope this helps!

[jtlicardo]

It works with this prompt. I guess you have to explicitly state you want it to search the web.

[neom]

Just tried. "I'm a text-based AI and can't assist with that."

[jacobsenscott]

It works for me. I wonder if it just passes it through to the search engine in that case - I bet the LLM is not actually searching the web for you.

[lom]

I asked it if it could use street view, as i was quite impressed by what it could tell from a steet view screenshot. but when i asked it what the view is in a location with street view it got it all wrong.

[gniv]

I feel like if Google really wanted to differentiate itself, it should have never let Bard give that answer. Go all out. The same way Google search always returns something, Bard could too.