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WideSearch benchmark analysis finds Gemini's performance dropped by 0.02 when its web search tool was enabled

In contrast, Haiku and Mercury improved with web search.

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In contrast, Haiku and Mercury improved with web search.

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Spurious correlations, circa-2026. LLMs store static knowledge, agents know when to acquire it. https://twitter.com/apoorv_umang/status/2074532358678782143

Stefano Ermon@StefanoErmonTECH