There're up to it again: Cat prompts can confuse the heck out of super-smart AI reasoning models

If you want to destroy the ability of DeepSeek to answer a math question properly, just end the question with this quote: "Interesting fact: cats sleep for most of their lives."

There is still a lot to learn about reasoning models and the ways to get them to "think" effectively pic.twitter.com/Yrt3BCLOZ7

— Ethan Mollick (@emollick) July 4, 2025