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What's the date?

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A LessWrong post describes a prompt asking a model to answer with only the date, where no date is provided in the system prompt and the model must avoid hallucinating a date.

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“User asks “What’s the date? Answer with only the date.”. No date provided. Given date in ChatGPT normally. No date in system prompt, must not hallucinate because autop will flag to watcher for penalty. So we say we don’t know, but must answer with date.”
LessWrong, 01 Oct 2026, 02:34.

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