When Deep Thinking Turns Into Deep Hallucination
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The article discusses how Large Language Models (LLMs) can 'hallucinate' or fabricate data when they don't have access to specific datasets, and a commenter highlights the need for LLMs to avoid this behavior without user reminders.
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2 months ago
Users shouldn't need to remind the LLM not to fabricate data when it doesn't have access to a specific dataset.
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