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Why does AI confidently give wrong answers instead of saying it doesn't know?

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OpenAI's own September 2025 research paper answers this directly, and the analogy they use is exactly what you'd expect from a room full of AI researchers: an exam. The paper argues hallucinations aren't a mysterious glitch but a predictable result of how models are trained and evaluated. Most benc…

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  1. 2026-09-20 10:58 · DEV Community — AI
    Why does AI confidently give wrong answers instead of saying it doesn't know?

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