About whether ChatGPT can challenge Google search despite often being wrong.
Has this happened?
Yes 85 (65%)Not sure 16 (12%)No 29 (22%)
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
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About whether ChatGPT can challenge Google search despite often being wrong.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
I think people saying that just don't understand what GPT is. It's not a database of knowledge that sometimes invents stuff. It's a statistical model that ALWAYS invents stuff, which sometimes happens to match reality. It will never be able to evaluate sources, because it doesn't use sources.