Why do language models sometimes just make things up? We’ve all experienced it: you ask a question, get a confident-sounding answer—and it’s wrong, but it sound

Why do language models sometimes just make things up? We’ve all experienced it: you ask a question, get a confident-sounding answer—and it’s wrong, but it sounds convincing. Even when you know the answer is false, the model insists on it. To this day, this problem can be reduced, but not eliminated.