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Re:Bard’s latest update: more features, languages and countries by jtlicardo on Thursday July 13, 2023 @11:01AM (#36710280)
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"

Re:Bard’s latest update: more features, languages and countries by lom on Thursday July 13, 2023 @11:34AM (#36710865)
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.
Re:Bard’s latest update: more features, languages and countries by Waterluvian on Thursday July 13, 2023 @11:05AM (#36710345)
What happens if you ask it “can you search the web for latest news from Ukraine?”
Re:Bard’s latest update: more features, languages and countries by jacobsenscott on Thursday July 13, 2023 @11:10AM (#36710425)
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!

Re:Bard’s latest update: more features, languages and countries by lisasays on Saturday July 15, 2023 @04:14PM (#36740540)
I hope this helps!

To disinform as only CleverBot 2.0 can -- its very helpful indeed.

Russia has lost a fifth of the territory it once controlled in Ukraine.

By comparing ISW maps -- it has easily lost more than 50 percent of the territory it has attempted to seize since February 24, 2022.

If we roll the start date back to 2014 - then we're at something like 45 percent.

The death toll from the war in Ukraine has reached an estimated 14,400 people.

Also way off base. This is getting too easy, so I'll stop now.

Re:Bard’s latest update: more features, languages and countries by jtlicardo on Thursday July 13, 2023 @11:08AM (#36710405)
It works with this prompt. I guess you have to explicitly state you want it to search the web.
Re:Bard’s latest update: more features, languages and countries by neom on Thursday July 13, 2023 @11:09AM (#36710422)
Weird it worked for you and not for me... O.o
Re:Bard’s latest update: more features, languages and countries by neom on Thursday July 13, 2023 @11:08AM (#36710396)
Just tried. "I'm a text-based AI and can't assist with that."
Re:Bard’s latest update: more features, languages and countries by jacobsenscott on Thursday July 13, 2023 @11:11AM (#36710452)
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.
Re:Bard’s latest update: more features, languages and countries by gniv on Thursday July 13, 2023 @03:07PM (#36714450)
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.