LLMs do not return truth. They return answer-shaped text that is, sometimes, correct.
Unless of course someone configures them to return text that deliberately hides the truth.
https://newrepublic.com/post/216016/trump-rigs-americagov-ai-chatbot-fact-check-lies
Rob Ricci
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