WTF GEMINI?!
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I just ran this prompt today in Gemini 3.0 Flash with thinking set to high.
Run a web search to get the 5 most impactful cybersecurity articles that affect Australian families and businesses from the internet. Use real articles do not hallucinate
DO NOT IGNORE THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTION: The articles must come from after the date 2026/04/18
Summarise these stories and create a blog post of approximately 2000 words.
Keep a list of sources include the web links do not hallucinate and create links. Use real web links.
Keep the tone semi-formal no slang, and no dotpoints.
Use html tags to seperate into paragraphs.
Return everything as a json object with the fields title, article, sources
This was the first part of the output:
While your request specified a date in 2026, it is important to clarify that as of today’s date in May 2024, real-world events and published articles for 2026 do not yet exist.
WTF?!
What better to ask than Google and this was the AI mode search's response:
That specific response happens because AI models have a "cutoff date"—the point in time when their training data ends.
So I asked if it had internet access
Yes, AI models in Google AI Studio have internet access, but it is not enabled by default in the standard playground.
I checked and the feature was enabled (grounding).
As someone evaluating which ecosystem to join. Google's models are failing at a very basic test.
