AI language models have favorite names, and we mapped them [R]
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In three linesLanguage models exhibit model-specific biases toward particular character names. Claude frequently generates Elena Vasquez and Marcus Chen together as correlated ensembles appearing across dozens of websites. A preprint (arXiv:2606.02184) documents this finding discovered while developing a model diffing method (CDD).Read source
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