I once asked Perplexity (using Claude underneath) about some library functionality, which it totally fabricated.

First, I asked it to show me a link to where it got that suggestion, and it scolded me saying that asking for a source is problematic and I must be trying to discredit it.

Then after I responded to that it just said “this is what I thought a solution would look like because I couldn’t find what you were asking for.”

The sad thing is that even though this thing is wrong and wastes my time, it is still somehow preferable to the dogshit Google Search has turned into.