why does ChatGPT lie?

Why does ChatGPT lie?

ChatGPT "lies" (the technical term is hallucination) because it generates fluent, plausible-sounding text by predicting likely next words, not by checking facts against a database — and its training rewards a confident guess over an honest "I don't know."

Includes a 6-round true/false game showing the AI sound equally confident either way.

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