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From Tokens to Semantics: Leveraging Complementary Signals for Hallucination Detection in Black-Box LLMs

When LLMs support public-facing or high-stakes workflows, missed fabrications can harm users and institutions, while false alarms consume limited human-review capacity. When no trusted context or reference document is available, we study two signals accessible through black-box model APIs: semantic entropy, which measures disagreement among sampled response meanings, and uncertainty derived from…

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A source-led research-paper workflow with Obsidian, Claude Code, LaTeX, and Codex

Disclosure: AI tools helped draft and edit this article. A human publisher reviewed the final text and workflow before publication. Putting four tools in a list does not make a workflow.

  • Research workflow uses Obsidian, Claude Code, LaTeX, and Codex
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