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Structured Output Collapses Answer Diversity Across 44 Language Models
arXiv:2607.18476v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: When a language model must choose one answer from a large space of equally valid options, a format clause -- "Reply with JSON only" -- changes which answer it chooses. We re-run the One-Word Census (arXiv:2607.12796): 31 wide-answer-space category prompts asked of 44 mode