AI is getting more powerful, but its hallucinations are getting worse

Written by Cade Metz and Karen Weise Last month, an artificial intelligence bot that handles tech support for Cursor, an up-and-coming tool for computer programmers, alerted several customers about a change in company policy. It said they were no longer allowed to use Cursor on more than just one computer. In angry posts to internet message boards, the customers complained. Some canceled their Cursor accounts. And some got even angrier when they realized what had happened: The AI bot had announced a policy change that did not exist. Story continues below this ad “We have no such policy. You’re of…