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Reasoning about Uncertainty: Do Reasoning Models Know When They Don't Know?

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Main Authors:	Mei, Zhiting, Zhang, Christina, Yin, Tenny, Lidard, Justin, Shorinwa, Ola, Majumdar, Anirudha
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2025
Subjects:	Artificial Intelligence Computation and Language
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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