Function calling
Constraining a model to select named functions and produce arguments matching declared interfaces.
What Function calling means
Valid arguments can still request an unsafe, unauthorized, or factually mistaken action.
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Questions about Function calling
What is Function calling?
Constraining a model to select named functions and produce arguments matching declared interfaces.
Which area of the glossary does Function calling belong to?
Models and generation: How a model produces text, what its training and decoding controls change, and what none of them can prove about a source.
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