Claims: LLMs are stuck in a groupthink groove. This startup is trying to get them out.

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  1. title: LLMs are stuck in a groupthink groove. This startup is trying to get them out. (alleges; supported) Source
  2. url: https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/07/01/1140003/llms-are-stuck-in-a-groupthink-rut-this-startup-is-trying-to-get-them-out/ (alleges; supported) Source
  3. summary: Let’s start with a game. 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. Now type “Another” and you’ll get 3 or 4. Type “Another” again and you’ll get 8 or 9. That won’t work every time—but if it did, you may wonder if I have superpowers. I don’t. The truth is that most large language models are stuck in a rut. They are far more predictable and far less creative in their responses than you might exp… (alleges; supported) Source
  4. published: Wed, 01 Jul 2026 14:35:16 +0000 (alleges; supported) Source