The "Confidence Trap" occurs when a model sounds authoritative while...

https://www.bookmark-belt.win/the-confidence-trap-occurs-when-a-model-s-linguistic-fluency-masks-factual

The "Confidence Trap" occurs when a model sounds authoritative while hallucinating, leading teams to trust bad output. In our April 2026 analysis of 1,324 turns, we found that single-model workflows missed critical errors