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Is there a default system prompt for the API? Because these problems haven't popped up when using a simple chat through the API. Admittedly I've been using chat

Is there a default system prompt for the API? Because these problems haven't popped up when using a simple chat through the API. Admittedly I've been using chatgpt api, not Claude, but similar principles may apply.

Stagnant 1y ago
No default system prompt in the API. There are some topics I much prefer chatting with the API due to system prompt of the web front-end being so restrictive (eg. song lyrics). In general I recommend people to try the API with no system prompt to more accurately see what the default tone of a model is.
- dist-epoch 1y ago
  There is still some sort of system prompt even through the API. It will still refuse to give you medical/legal/financial advice and so on.
  - pegasus 1y ago
    That behavior is baked in the model via RLHF, it doesn't require a specific prompt.