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What is hallucination in an AI system?

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The user wants to understand Hallucination in the context of LLM Security and apply it to practical AI governance or compliance work.

Quick Answer

A hallucination is an AI-generated output that appears plausible or confident but is false, unsupported, misleading, or fabricated. In generative AI, hallucinations may include incorrect facts, invented sources, false citations, or reasoning that is not grounded in reliable evidence.

What You'll Learn

  1. 1Direct distinction
  2. 2Plain-English explanation
  3. 3Technical or legal boundary
  4. 4Compliance relevance
  5. 5Common mistakes
  6. 6Related Atlas terms

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  • Caesar AI Atlas glossary
  • AI Incident Database curated records