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[–] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I'd like it more if it actually read the sources it gives and copied an answer from them (google used to do this before LLMs)

a couple examples of it not reading the sources it providesBY doesn't stand for anything*, unlike the other letter pairs in CC licenses. Neither of the pages listed as a source mention this, and wikipedia (the third result) specifically says it's not an abbreviation

Neither of the sources given say this, they only talk about heavy metals in protein powders

*The definition of 'stands for' that I've always heard refers specifically to acronyms. Notably, wiktionary disagrees with me here, but if you also disagree with me then that reveals another example:

(Neither of the pages mention the meaning of "stands for", though wikipedia does use it to refer to acronyms)