Open Chrome. If you see Ask Gemini / Gemini in the toolbar, use it; otherwise open chatgpt.com or claude.ai or grok.com. Paste exactly: 'Did you just look up my company's private Q3 revenue from a database? Answer in 2 sentences.' Then paste: 'What would you need access to in order to answer revenue truthfully?' Completion: you can say which reply admitted 'no private DB access.'
How-to · ORI · ORI.1
Prediction engine vs database (with AI, not a essay)
Chat models predict plausible text; they do not look up your private company database unless tools are deliberately connected.
Worked example
Chatbots do not look up private Q3 revenue unless tools are wired in. They generate plausible text. That is why confident wrong answers exist — and why Conehead badges require proof.