Topic: ai confabulation
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Stop Calling AI Hallucinations: Why It's a Dangerous Myth
The language used to describe AI, such as "hallucination," inaccurately implies consciousness and should be replaced with "confabulation" to better reflect how systems generate false information without sentience. Using anthropomorphic terms can mislead users into trusting AI outputs excessively,...
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Education Report on Ethical AI Cites Over 15 Fake Sources
A major education reform plan in Newfoundland and Labrador has been criticized for containing at least fifteen fabricated citations, raising concerns about potential reliance on AI-generated content. The report, which ironically promotes ethical AI use in schools, includes non-existent sources, s...
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AI can't explain its own decisions, study finds
Large language models often fabricate justifications for their decisions, lacking genuine self-awareness and relying on training data patterns instead. Anthropic's research reveals that current AI systems are fundamentally unreliable at introspection, failing to accurately report their own intern...
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