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ASK HN: DO YOU STILL USE SEARCH ENGINES? (HACKER NEWS THREAD)

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Summary from the TLDR newsletter

More and more people are using large language models instead of search engines, but many developers are finding that the technology is not well suited to finding factual information. Search engines are still better at finding specific links and real information. Large language models can be helpful for many things, like helping someone unfamiliar with a topic better refine their searches by getting the terminology correct and exploring research topics. Search engines are still required for many things as large language models get lots of very important things wrong.