A year ago, Google Gemini (formerly known as Bard) started linking sources as citations, and we were happy. Well, it seems that in most cases, Gemini has stopped linking to sources.
I think this started about a week ago, but I’m not sure when. I noticed this on Wednesday of last week and then Glenn Gabe posted it X too and i thought oh wait did gemini really stop connecting? Honestly, I don’t use Gemini much…
A year ago, these were the citations:
Here’s what it looks like now:
Although I was able to activate some links, maybe Google will just link to Google?
In other cases, Google may display the domain name or site name:
It also just lists the source name, in other variations:
When did this change?
I know Glenn referenced Gemini by saying, “I apologize for not including links in my previous reply. Due to my security guidelines, I cannot provide URLs directly. However, I can provide search queries that will take you to the articles relevant”. But is it twins hallucinatory or is it the truth?
I should add that you can click the Google favicon to get links and have Google verify with Search:
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