Prompting Skills playbook/Module 7 · Safety & privacy

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Confidently wrong.

Models sometimes invent facts and state them with total confidence. Some prompts make that far more likely than others.

Facts from memory

High Risk

Names, dates, statistics and quotes the model has to recall.

SAFER

Paste the source instead.

References

High Risk

Case law, regulations, papers, page numbers.

SAFER

Supply the document, or verify every one.

Niche or recent

Medium Risk

Local topics, small companies, anything after its training.

SAFER

Switch on search.

No way out

Medium Risk

Prompts that demand an answer, even when there isn't one.

SAFER

“If you don't know, say so.”

Source: FindLaw ↗

Give it an out. Give it the source.