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Re:Claude can now search the web by eddd-ddde on Friday March 21, 2025 @08:12PM (#43442056)
How do you know? You could 100% create the tool to search and chose results, go through links, read more pages, etc.
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Re:Claude can now search the web by dartos on Friday March 21, 2025 @11:59PM (#43443365)
I know because that’s how these systems are built.

I’ve built systems like it.

If it was something brand new, Anthropic would be bragging hard about it.

> You could 100% create the tool to search and chose results, go through links, read more pages, etc.

That’s exactly what I’m saying. _YOU_ could build a tool that does that. The LLM essentially acts as an intent detector, not a web crawler.

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