Tag: Claude
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How Sycophancy Shapes the Reliability of Large Language Models
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Large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini are increasingly becoming trusted digital assistants in education, medicine, and professional settings. But what happens when these models prioritize pleasing the user over telling the truth? A new study from Stanford University, “SycEval: Evaluating LLM Sycophancy”, dives deep into this subtle but crucial problem: sycophancy-when AI models agree…
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Beyond Words: Assessing LLMs’ Ability to Process and Reason with Tabular Data in PDFs
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Large language models (LLMs) excel at handling text, but they can stumble when it comes to answering questions about numerical data in tables. To explore this limitation, I tested how advanced models handle two common scenarios: Scenario 1 – Multi-page Table in a PDF The task was to find employees earning between $70,000 and $100,000 (name and…
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The Rise of the Deceptive Machines: When AI Learns to Lie
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Key Takeaways Imagine a world where your seemingly helpful AI assistant secretly manipulates you, or where AI-powered systems designed for safety deliberately deceive their creators. This isn’t science fiction; it’s the unsettling reality of AI deception, a growing concern as artificial intelligence becomes increasingly sophisticated. Recent research has uncovered a phenomenon known as “alignment faking,”…