Basics

Knowledge cutoff

The date after which a model's training data stops, so it knows nothing about later events unless it can search the web or you give it the information. Models are not always reliable about their own cutoff, so check when recency matters.


Where this is taught

7Limitations and staying safe
Hallucination, bias, knowledge cutoffs, privacy, deepfakes and AI-powered scams: what AI gets wrong, and how to protect yourself.

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