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Amanda Caswell

I use the ‘cupcake’ prompt to catch when AI is guessing — here’s how it works

Amanda's AI Lab.

AI chatbots are incredibly useful, but they still have a habit of guessing when they don’t know the answer. Sometimes those guesses sound convincing — even when they’re wrong.

These confident mistakes are often called AI hallucinations, and they’re one of the biggest challenges with modern chatbots, especially when you ask them about obscure facts, niche topics or rapidly changing information.

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