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0 pointskentonv10d ago0 comments

Come on, folks. This is not a conspiracy.

LLMs have a knowledge cutoff date. Opus 4.7's documented cutoff date is in January. Older Claude models are earlier than that.

OpenClaw didn't have the name OpenClaw until January 30th. So indeed, even the latest Claude model does not know what OpenClaw is, unless you have it do a web search. If you have it search, it'll happily tell you all about it.

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jeeeb10d ago

Knowledge cutoff is completely insufficient as an explanation.

These models have access to a web search tool. Gemini and ChatGPT both happily search for give info on OpenClaw. Claude denies all knowledge.

What’s more it’s this part that’s very concerning.. Banned for wrong think..

> I gave it a direct link to openclaw.ai and the chat instantly ended and hit my 5hr usage limit.

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ScoobleDoodle10d ago

Except GP said they also pointed it to the source website to reference and then had the follow up weirdness.

kakacik10d ago

Is the behavior the same with other unknown words? Certainly doesn't seem so from other comments.

jwilliams10d ago

Fair call.

I don't think couching it as conspiracy is the right frame either. This is not a one-off. I think a critical eye is warranted.

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