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[–] testaccount789@sh.itjust.works 24 points 6 days ago (1 children)


I don't know what the first one is about. Is it about how the Gemini webpage displays the output?

[–] SteveTech@aussie.zone 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Kinda: https://github.com/asgeirtj/system_prompts_leaks/blob/main/Google/gemini-3.5-flash.md#3-sequence

Whenever the AI uses those XML tags, it displays the ① ② ③ headings. I believe it saying it hallucinated them is a hallucination itself.