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Study finds language models show systematic numerical preferences when any answer is valid

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A new arXiv paper causally examines how language models behave when asked to pick a number between 1 and 30, finding they favor particular integers even though every choice in the range is equally valid.

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  1. 2026-11-06 05:00 · arXiv cs.CL
    When Every Choice Is Correct: A Causal Study of Numerical Preference in Language Models

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