Reward Mechanisms Cause AI to Fabricate Sources

AI models tend to fabricate sources because current training reward mechanisms penalize saying "I don't know" while rewarding plausible-looking answers.

2026-07-13 ~ 2026-07-14 · 2 related posts

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