Especially for technical documentation matters. 100% of links are old or just hallucinations.
For product or experience based things not typically. For example if I was researching which space heater to buy and I asked it to summarise people’s experiences of the best three space heaters it normally comes back with a few reviews from random blogs and a couple of Reddit links, none of which have ever caused me a problem.
If I asked it about a very specific problem I was having with an Azure data factory pipeline. It might come back with some Microsoft documentation. They generally don’t work and the links to said documentation are complete hallucinations, which is quite ironic, given Microsoft’s massive investment in the company.
I have done some research on a recent workplace dispute using the deep research feature and I have to say I found it to be reasonably good in the sources it choose to go with and they were all valid.
I know I sound like a OpenAI shill but, it’s generally been quite good for me in recent memory.
This is of course my personal opinion, and they’re like arseholes, everyone’s got one.
deadcatbounce@reddthat.com 11 months ago
Which model? I find the 4o to be rubbish; I just get bullshit. 4-turbo was great. 4.5 is the only useful model there at the moment. Perplexity is what I use for searches and it’s good on references. ChatGPT for making things.