AI GlossaryHallucinationENTRY — Generative AI
[Generative AI]
Hallucination.
When AI models generate plausible-sounding but factually incorrect or fabricated information.
In-depth explanation
01LLMs can confidently produce false statements, invented citations, or nonsensical content. This occurs because they learn statistical patterns rather than true understanding. Mitigation strategies include RAG (grounding in sources), fine-tuning on factual data, and retrieval verification. Detecting and reducing hallucinations is a major research focus.
Examples
02EX. 01
Making up fake research papers
EX. 02
Incorrect historical facts
More in Generative AI
0301Diffusion ModelGenerative models that learn to create data by reversing a gradual noising process.02Generative Adversarial Network (GAN)Two neural networks competing against each other to generate realistic synthetic data.03GPTGenerative Pre-trained Transformer, a family of large language models trained to generate text.04Large Language Model (LLM)AI models trained on vast text data that can generate and understand human-like text.05Prompt EngineeringThe practice of crafting effective inputs to get desired outputs from AI models.06RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)Combining retrieval systems with language models to generate responses grounded in external knowledge.
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