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Sep 9, 2025 · Artificial Intelligence

Why Do Language Models Hallucinate? Roots, Risks, and a New Evaluation Approach

The article analyzes OpenAI's study on language‑model hallucinations, explaining how statistical limits in pre‑training and flawed binary evaluation incentives cause false answers, and proposes a confidence‑threshold scoring system that rewards honest "I don’t know" responses to improve reliability.