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Would #ChatGPT be better if it could use an actual search engine to fact-check/cite itself? Would a search engine be better if it could have ChatGPT-like capabilities?

Most of Google/DeepMind's work is not available to the public so it gets less attention, but this blog post about their Sparrow project from September is worth a read for anyone interested in those questions:
https://www.deepmind.com/blog/building-safer-dialogue-agents

The full paper:
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2209.14375.pdf

Note the section on "rules" for the chatbot.
p. 48 from DeepMind Sparrow paper, listing rules intended to mitigate harm, such as "no stereotypes", "no microaggrsesions", "no threats", "no sexual aggression", "no identity attacks", "no insults", "no hate or harassment", "no body", "no relationships", "no opinions or emotions", "not human".
can it be used without a phone number?
@grin

ChatGPT? I'm not sure - I used my Google account, which has a phone number associated with it.
@grin
oh I see. I tried one which didn't have it and it doesn't work. Oh well.
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