Key terms
What is an AI hallucination?
A hallucination is an AI output that is fluent and confident but false or unsupported by its sources, such as an invented citation or a function that does not exist. Detecting one usually means checking the output against a reliable source.
The full answer
A hallucination is an AI system output that is fluent and confident but false or unsupported by its sources, such as an invented citation or a function that does not exist. Detecting it usually requires checking the output against a reliable source.