[CaliforniaKarl]

No. Per Oxford Languages…

> (of an artificial intelligence program or tool)

> produce a response that appears to be accurate or plausible but that contains inaccurate or misleading information.

The examples cited in the article were, in my opinion, neither accurate nor plausible.

In this case, I would say, LLMs lie.

[Ukv]

I feel lying implies intent, and that the "appears to be accurate or plausible" only means on a superficial level.

[CaliforniaKarl]

That’s one definition. I can’t quote Oxford without a login, so in this case I have to use M-W:

> to create a false or misleading impression

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lie?src=search-di...

The verb(2) form, definition 2.