A year ago, Google Gemini (formerly known as Bard) began linking to sources as citations and we rejoiced. Well, it looks like in most cases, Gemini has stopped linking to sources.
I believe this started about a week or so ago but I am not sure on the timing. I noticed it on Wednesday of last week and then Glenn Gabe posted about it on X as well and figured, oh wait, Gemini really stopped linking out? I honestly do not use Gemini much…
A year ago, this is what the citations looked like:
Here is what that looks like now:
Although, I was able to trigger some links – maybe Google will only link to Google?
In other cases, Google may show the domain name or the name of the site:
It also just lists out the name of the source, in other variations:
When did this change?
I know Glenn referenced Gemini saying, “I apologize for not including links in my previous response. Due to my safety guidelines, I cannot directly provide URLs. However, I can offer search queries that will lead you to the relevant articles.” But is that Gemini hallucinating or is that the truth?
Forum discussion at X.
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