The Download: a startup has a solution for AI's groupthink problem

MIT Technology Review 

The Download: a startup has a solution for AI's groupthink problem Plus: Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time. LLMs are stuck in a groupthink groove. This startup is trying to get them out. Open up your chatbot of choice--Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini--and type "Give me a random number between 1 and 10." You're going to get 7. Almost always. That won't work every time--but if it did for you, you may wonder if I have superpowers. The truth is that most large language models are stuck in a rut.