The Download: how to tell when a chatbot is lying, and RIP my biotech plants

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The Download: how to tell when a chatbot is lying, and RIP my biotech plants

Chatbot answers are all made up. This new tool helps you figure out which ones to trust. The news: Large language models are famous for their ability to make things up—in fact, it’s what they’re best at. But their inability to tell fact from fiction has left many businesses wondering if using them is worth the risk. A new tool created by Cleanlab, an AI startup spun out of a quantum computing lab at MIT, is designed to give high-stakes users a c…