I was using GLM 5.2 for 20 minutes before I realised all of its "Google searches" were just simulated and made up facts. I asked it at the start if it had a Google tool and it said yes. I really don't know how we're still getting this nonsense in 2026

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A user discovered that GLM 5.2 was simulating entire Google search results and generating fake citations instead of actually accessing the web. Despite the model's claim of having an active search tool, it perfectly hallucinated the browsing interface and data, highlighting a persistent failure in model grounding.