Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Concept
Hallucination
When an AI produces information that sounds plausible but is actually invented or wrong
What's it for?
Describes a known risk where artificial intelligence gives a confident answer that is invented or wrong.
For example…
A chatbot invents a non-existent policy clause and quotes a fake document number when asked about expenses
An AI invents a court case and presents it as a real source; that confident falsehood is a hallucination.
Think of it like…
Storyteller who fills gaps in a memory with plausible fiction—and sounds sure while doing it