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Developer finds LLM invents facts when generating TV show synopses

An independent developer found that a locally run 35B parameter LLM invented facts when tasked with generating synopses for TV show pages. The model confidently fabricated information, such as misinterpreting internal flags, including relative dates in long-term content, and incorrectly stating a show's completion status. The developer concluded that LLMs should only be used for phrasing facts provided by reliable, human-written code, rather than generating content from scratch, to avoid such factual inaccuracies. AI

IMPACT Highlights the risks of LLM hallucination and the need for human oversight in content generation.

RANK_REASON Developer's personal experience and opinion on LLM limitations.

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Developer finds LLM invents facts when generating TV show synopses

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  1. dev.to — LLM tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Eugen Taranowski ·

    I gave it four facts and it invented a fifth

    <p>Show data on my TV tracker comes from <a href="https://www.themoviedb.org" rel="noopener noreferrer">TMDB</a>, like it does for a great many TV apps. That includes the synopsis — which means the paragraph on my page for a given show is the same paragraph on TMDB itself, on Jus…