The article discusses the evolution of prompt outputs in language models, highlighting the transition from inconsistent, unstructured outputs to reliable JSON formats that enhance interaction with APIs. With the introduction of structured outputs in late 2023, LLMs have reportedly improved, leading to lower error rates and greater reliability. This transition is underscored by OpenAI's updates, ensuring that requests generate valid JSON, making it imperative for developers to adopt these structured formats over custom alternatives, ensuring higher accuracy in outputs.
Modern LLMs are fine-tuned to output valid JSON when requested—it is rare for them to fail even with very complex responses.
The time for unstructured prompt outputs has passed, and we are never going back.
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