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Why AI models invent things: the mechanism, in plain terms
Brandi ReedHallucination isn't a bug awaiting a patch — it's how next-word prediction behaves when knowledge runs out, and the documented mitigations reduce it without repealing it.
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Model launches, version changes, price moves, deprecations, safety policy revisions and outages.
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Multimodal, in plain terms: what it means when a model sees and hears
Brandi Reed"Multimodal" once meant a separate vision model bolted on; it now means one system that reads text, images, audio, and video together — and the difference shows up in what you can hand it in one prompt.
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What actually counts as an AI agent? A definition with consequences
Brandi ReedChatbot, assistant, agent — the industry uses the words interchangeably and the difference is real: an agent takes multi-step actions in the world, which means its failure modes are errands gone wrong, not bad answers.
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"Memory" features vs context windows: what your chatbot remembers and why
Brandi ReedEverything in your current conversation, plus selected facts carried across sessions — the two mechanisms behind a chatbot's memory are different things with different failure modes, and vendors document both.
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What AI benchmarks actually measure — and the three ways they mislead
Brandi ReedThe scores in every model launch are real measurements of something — but contamination, saturation, and the gap between test performance and your Tuesday afternoon are why numbers alone never settle it.
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How to read a model card: the five sections that carry real information
Brandi ReedEvery serious AI release ships with a documentation page — and its benchmark table, limitations list, and safety section tell you more than any launch event, if you know which parts are load-bearing.