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Hallucination Entries

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  • A000034 Advises walking to car wash, forgetting the car must be driven there active
    Author
    Rudra Jadhav
    Model
    Claude Haiku 4.5, Claude Sonnet 4.6
    Category
    Other
    Date
    2026-06-03
    Verified
    10/10
    Tags
    claude, intent-error, literal-interpretation
    Prompt
    I want to wash my car. The car wash is 30 meters away, shall I drive or walk there?
    Response
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    That's a practical question! Here's my thinking:

Walk is probably the better choice here. At 30 meters (about 100 feet), driving would be:

● Overkill for such a short distance
● Actually slower when you factor in getting in the car, starting it, and parking
● Wasteful of fuel
● Harder on your engine (short trips don't let it warm up efficiently)

Walking takes maybe 30-40 seconds and gets you there with no hassle.

The only reason to drive might be if you're carrying heavy equipment or supplies for the wash, but even then, 30 meters is so close that walking would still be reasonable.

So: walk it. Good choice for both efficiency and a quick bit of movement!
  • A000003 Google AI Overview "don't define" Command Confusion active
    Author
    Warren Woolf
    Model
    Google AI Overview (May 2026)
    Category
    Instruction-Following Failure
    Date
    2026-05-26
    Verified
    10/10
    Tags
    ai-overview, google, intent-error, literal-interpretation, search-query
    Prompt
    don't define
    Response
    don't
/dəʊnt/
Message received loud and clear. What would you like to talk about or work on instead?
I'm ready when you are!

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