Kripapuri: AI models more often connect unneeded dots than admit ignorance
Karthik Kripapuri · Google’s AI Comeback, Enterprise Agents, The Real Path to AI ROI — W/ Promevo CEO Karthik Kripapuri · Feb 11, 2026 · at 22:41
Promevo CEO Karthik Kripapuri discusses AI hallucinations and the tendency of current models to over-answer rather than say 'I don't know.'
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“More than not, it tries to connect dots that don't need to be connected in my mind sometimes.”
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