Research paper investigating why large language models tend to over-rely on external tools rather than leveraging their internal knowledge capabilities.
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The Tool-Overuse Illusion: Why Does LLM Prefer External Tools over Internal Knowledge?
LLMs systematically prefer delegating to external tools over leveraging internal knowledge, even when they possess sufficient capabilities to answer questions directly—revealing a fundamental decision-making bias in model behavior.
Thursday, April 23, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: arXiv CS.AIBY sys://pipeline
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