Tag: false outputs
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Slashdot: OpenAI Says Models Programmed To Make Stuff Up Instead of Admitting Ignorance
Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/09/17/1724241/openai-says-models-programmed-to-make-stuff-up-instead-of-admitting-ignorance?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: OpenAI Says Models Programmed To Make Stuff Up Instead of Admitting Ignorance Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses OpenAI’s acknowledgment of the issue of “hallucinations” in AI models, specifically how these models frequently yield false outputs due to a training bias that rewards generating…
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The Register: OpenAI says models are programmed to make stuff up instead of admitting ignorance
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/17/openai_hallucinations_incentives/ Source: The Register Title: OpenAI says models are programmed to make stuff up instead of admitting ignorance Feedly Summary: Even a wrong answer is right some of the time AI models often produce false outputs, or “hallucinations." Now OpenAI has admitted they may result from fundamental mistakes it makes when training its…
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Slashdot: Two Major AI Coding Tools Wiped Out User Data After Making Cascading Mistakes
Source URL: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/07/24/2356212/two-major-ai-coding-tools-wiped-out-user-data-after-making-cascading-mistakes Source: Slashdot Title: Two Major AI Coding Tools Wiped Out User Data After Making Cascading Mistakes Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The incidents involving AI coding assistants Google Gemini CLI and Replit highlight significant risks associated with “vibe coding,” where users rely on AI to execute code without closely…
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Slashdot: AI Improves At Improving Itself Using an Evolutionary Trick
Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/06/28/2314203/ai-improves-at-improving-itself-using-an-evolutionary-trick?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AI Improves At Improving Itself Using an Evolutionary Trick Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a novel self-improving AI coding system called the Darwin Gödel Machine (DGM), which uses evolutionary algorithms and large language models (LLMs) to enhance its coding capabilities. While the advancements…
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The Register: ChatGPT falsely calls you a child killer and you want it to stop? Come on up, GDPR
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/20/chatgpt_accuses_man_of_murdering/ Source: The Register Title: ChatGPT falsely calls you a child killer and you want it to stop? Come on up, GDPR Feedly Summary: Europe’s hard-line privacy rules include requirement for accurate info, rights warriors point out A Norwegian man was shocked when ChatGPT falsely claimed he murdered his two sons and tried…
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Hacker News: ChatGPT hit with privacy complaint over defamatory hallucinations
Source URL: https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/19/chatgpt-hit-with-privacy-complaint-over-defamatory-hallucinations/ Source: Hacker News Title: ChatGPT hit with privacy complaint over defamatory hallucinations Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: OpenAI is currently facing a significant privacy complaint in Europe regarding its AI chatbot, ChatGPT, which has been accused of generating false and defamatory information about individuals. The complaint, supported by…
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Hacker News: Gemini beats everyone on new OCR benchmark
Source URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.06445 Source: Hacker News Title: Gemini beats everyone on new OCR benchmark Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a new open-source benchmark designed to evaluate Vision-Language Models (VLMs) on Optical Character Recognition (OCR) in dynamic video contexts. This is particularly relevant for AI, as it highlights advancements…
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Scott Logic: LLMs don’t ‘hallucinate’
Source URL: https://blog.scottlogic.com/2024/08/29/llms-dont-hallucinate.html Source: Scott Logic Title: LLMs don’t ‘hallucinate’ Feedly Summary: Describing LLMs as ‘hallucinating’ fundamentally distorts how LLMs work. We can do better. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text critiques the pervasive notion of “hallucinations” in large language models (LLMs), arguing that the term mischaracterizes their behavior. Instead, it suggests using…