Can you trust what AI tells you?

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

August 11, 2026

Duration

5m

Channel

Claude

Watch on YouTube

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

How much you can trust an AI depends on what you’re asking. Kyra from the Anthropic education team breaks down the two most common reasons for an AI to be confidently wrong: hallucination and sycophancy. Have a question? Let us know in the comments. Learn more at Claude Academy: http://academy.claude.com Chapters 0:00 Can you trust an AI's answer? 1:39 Hallucination and sycophancy, explained 3:04 Trust is a dial, not a switch 3:36 Four habits for checking AI

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Kyra

  host

  Member of Anthropic’s education team and on-camera presenter for Claude content.

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Claude, featuring Kyra, Can you trust what AI tells you? explores how to calibrate trust in AI answers and verify claims AI reliability varies by domain: it tends to be stronger on common, well-covered topics and weaker on niche, recent, or private information.

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