What is Knowledge Cutoff?
The date after which an AI model's training data stops. It may not know about anything newer, like a new law or this week's news, unless the tool can search the web.
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The AI didn't know about the new school board policy because it passed after the tool's knowledge cutoff, so Principal Lee pasted in the policy text.
In the illustration
Bound newspapers fill the shelves up to the brass date plate and the glass door closes. This week's paper lands on the mat outside, unread, until someone carries it in.
Tell me the knowledge cutoff for this version of your AI assistant, whether it can search the web for this week's city council news, and if not, where I should check instead.
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