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by ben_w 201 days ago
> I assumed all of the models were doing that, using at least Web Search tools.

Sometimes. The other week I was asking ChatGPT about the UK PM, and had to stop the generation early because it started ~"Prime Minister Rishi Sunak…"

The unreliability is also why techniques as simple as "ask 5 times and have it take a vote of its own answers" boost performance. Or "thinking" modes which are approximately just replacing the end token with "Wait." and continuing for ten rounds.