How do you prevent “hallucination” or mistakes?

Ask The Post AI may not always function exactly as we hope — which is why we are asking you to confirm the results with the published articles. That said, by limiting the search results to our published work, we are ensuring that every piece of information synthesized by the AI is based on work previously published by The Washington Post newsroom. Second, if the tool doesn’t readily find sufficient reporting to provide a response, it won’t serve a reply.

Still, no generative AI experience can entirely eliminate or prevent the risk of mistakes or “hallucination,” a technical term that refers to the AI misinterpreting the underlying texts upon which it is basing responses. We will work to continuously improve this product.

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