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Making New Connections: LLMs as Puzzle Generators for The New York Times' Connections Word Game

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Main Authors:	Merino, Tim, Earle, Sam, Sudhakaran, Ryan, Sudhakaran, Shyam, Togelius, Julian
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2024
Subjects:	Artificial Intelligence Computation and Language
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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