incorrect

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Such assessments rely on incomplete information or are outright incorrect, a spokesman for Iran’s military joint command told a state-run broadcaster, according to The Wall Street Journal External link.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

He added that petrol stations are "well-stocked nationally and any suggestion otherwise is incorrect".

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

The predictive text is supposed to learn your style and improve over time, but depending on the fixes you do or don’t accept, it can learn incorrect spellings in place of correct ones.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

That is, an incorrect fact in hastily produced copy—intended, at the end of the day, to capture as many eyeballs as possible rather than to inform—can all too easily be repeated by an LLM.

From Slate • Mar. 28, 2026

And on all fifteen tests, the six correct answers are followed by the same incorrect answer, a 4.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt