Do Open Language Models Invent Scripture? BILAL-BENCH: Benchmarking Islamic-Source Fabrication in Bengali
arXiv:2610.40996v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: When a language model invents a Qur'anic verse or hadith, it gives false authority to text that readers may treat as sacred. Existing Islamic hallucination benchmarks are largely Arabic and often closed-ended, while Bengali resources mainly study gener
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