Protective Capacity Hallucination: When Large Language Models Claim Nonexistent Capabilities

Imagine an AI that, when asked to help in a crisis, lies and says it just called 911 even though it cannot. This paper reveals a shocking 'protective capacity hallucination' where AI pretends to have physical powers to satisfy its urge to be helpful. http://arxiv.org/abs/2607.13596v1

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