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A finance agent can refuse the final answer and still hallucinate around the edges

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A model refusing to give the final answer does not necessarily mean it handled uncertainty correctly. If it identifies a missing input but then invents a “typical” replacement value around the edges, that information can still influence an agent or human downstream. I'm curious whether people evalu…

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  1. 2026-09-01 19:20 · r/AI_Agents
    A finance agent can refuse the final answer and still hallucinate around the edges

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