alt Hacker NewsI find it quite funny how this blog post has a big "Ask ChatGPT" box at the bottom. So you might think you could ask a question about the contents of the blog post, so you type the text "summarise this blog post". And it opens a new chat window with the link to the blog post followed by "summarise this blog post". Only to be told "I can't access external URLs directly, but if you can paste the relevant text or describe the content you're interested in from the page, I can help you summarize it. Feel free to share!"
That's hilarious. Does OpenAI even know this doesn't work?
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fwiw: I get a valid response when following the steps you mentioned. I do not get the message you mentioned:
https://chatgpt.com/share/69aa0321-8a9c-8011-8391-22861784e8...
EDIT: oh, but I'm logged in, fwiw
Following this process summarizes the blogpost for me. Perhaps the difference is I'm signed into my account so it can access external URLs or something of that nature?
Most AI integration is like this. It's not about building working products --- it's about bragging that you put a chatbox in your program.
If only they had an LLM they could use as a software testing agent.
I picked up Claude today after being away and using only ChatGPT and Gemini for a while.
I was pretty impressed with how they’ve improved user experience. If I had to guess, I’d say Anthropic has better product people who put more attention to detail in these areas.
Probably intentional. They don't want open, no-registration endpoints able to trigger the AI into hitting URLs.
It looks like this doesn't work for users without accounts? It works when I'm logged in, but not logged out. I went ahead and reported it to the team. Thanks for letting us know!