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Iterative Prompting Unlocks Higher Creativity in Large Language Models

Researchers from the University of Tokyo and Google DeepMind discovered that adding a simple iterative phrase like 'Do you have any other ideas?' significantly boosts LLM performance on creativity benchmarks. The study utilized the Divergent Association Task (DAT) to measure semantic distance, showing that models produce more novel outputs when prompted to reconsider their initial responses.