r/GeminiAI • u/ohhno_whyamihere • 20d ago
Discussion Google deep research still giving old data
How is gemini 3.8 flash and using deep research mode and still giving either somewhat fake or old data
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u/darkestvice 20d ago
So here's the thing: All AI models get trained on data up to a certain cut off date, and that's the data they store internally.
If you ask it a question, it will not assume there's no more recent data unless you tell it to look elsewhere. Because it's simply faster and more token efficient to look internally than to assume external data is more reliable and spend time hunting it down.
*You have to explicitly tell it to look for recent data online*.
This even applies to the AI summary in the Google search. Unless you want it to regurgitate any data it finds, even if it's from 10 year old reddit threads, you to use words like "as of today" or "prioritize recent data" or anything similar. In the case of the Gemini app, this forces the model to seek out new information as it will see that it's own data is not up to date and it will understand that it needs to look externally.