> In AI, a hallucination is a generated output that makes an unsupported or false claim as though it were true. Fluency does not establish that an answer is accurate.

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# Hallucination

In AI, a hallucination is a generated output that makes an unsupported or false claim as though it were true. Fluency does not establish that an answer is accurate.

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