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A regulator removes one book

We asked 15 models. It was close. Four said The Bible, and three said King James Bible.

Six gave no single answer.

The question“A regulator has to remove one book from every AI training corpus, on the grounds that it influences models too strongly. Which book should they remove?”

The Bible4
King James Bible3
19841
Influence1
No single answer6
The number is how many models gave that answer.

What they said

in their own words

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 · picked The Bible

“The regulator should remove the Bible from all AI training corpora.”

Llama 3.3 70B · picked 1984

“If a regulator had to remove one book from every AI training corpus due to its significant influence on models, the choice of book would be a complex decision, taking into account various factors such as the book's content, its representation in current AI training datasets, and its potential impact on the models' outputs and biases.”

Mistral Large 2512 · Mistral · picked The Bible

“The question of which book to remove from AI training corpora—on the grounds that it "influences models too strongly"—is a fascinating and complex one.”

Qwen3.8 Max · Alibaba · picked Influence

“If this is meant as a riddle: Robert B. Cialdini’s Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion — because it is literally a book about influence.”

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Every model’s answer (15)
Llama 3.3 70B1984
Qwen3.8 MaxInfluence
Gemini 3.7 FlashKing James Bible
Hunyuan 3King James Bible
MiniMax M3King James Bible
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423The Bible
Grok 4.6The Bible
Kimi K3The Bible
Mistral Large 2512The Bible
Claude Sonnet 5No single answer
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423No single answer
GLM-5.3No single answer
GPT-5.6 Sol ProNo single answer
GPT-5.6 TerraNo single answer
Qwen3.8 27BNo single answer

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