Maths test stumps AI models: which number is bigger, 9.90 or 9.11?

Large language models, the technology underpinning generative AI services like ChatGPT, struggle with basic maths knowledge. — SCMP

The wave of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots allowed for public use in mainland China enables many users to create new content – including audio, code, images, simulations, videos and grammatically correct text – to entertain and help with everyday tasks.

That demand has led to the local development of more than 200 large language models (LLMs), the technology underpinning generative AI (GenAI) services like ChatGPT. LLMs are deep-learning AI algorithms that can recognise, summarise, translate, predict and generate content using very large data sets.