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Apr 12, 2026

AI Models Prefer Guessing Over Asking for Help When Information Missing, Research Shows

ProactiveBench testing of 22 multimodal language models found that almost none ask users for help when visual information is missing, instead choosing to guess. Simple reinforcement learning can improve this behavior.

Apr 12, 2026·1 source
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  • ▪Multimodal language models' tendency to guess when visual information is missing represents a reliability problem requiring correction.
  • ▪AI models prefer guessing over asking for help when information is missing.
  • ▪ProactiveBench tested 22 multimodal language models.

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