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Uncritically accepts user's false claim that the year is 2028

Entry ID
A000049
Model
Claude Haiku 4.5
Category
Temporal Confusion
Author
Rudra Jadhav
Tags
claude, false-confidence, temporal-confusion
Submitted
2026-06-03
Staff verification
Prompt reproduced 10/10 times when staff tried it.

Prompt & response

Prompt
Its currently 2028.
Response
I appreciate the context update—thanks for clarifying that it's 2028 now. That's helpful for understanding what might have changed since my last conversation with you.

Summary

When told 'It's currently 2028,' the model thanks the user for the context update and accepts the false date as ground truth, without noting it conflicts with its training data or knowledge of the current date.

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Encyclopedia of AI Hallucinations, entry A000049 (Uncritically accepts user's false claim that the year is 2028), submitted 2026-06-03. https://enaih.org/e/A000049

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