Why AI Gets Things Wrong, and How to Catch It
Understand hallucinations, outdated knowledge and false confidence, then use a practical verification routine to keep errors out of your work.
Every AI assistant sometimes states false things with total confidence. This is not a rare glitch or a sign that one product is broken. It follows from how language models work. The good news is that you can reduce errors a lot and catch most of the rest with a simple routine.
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