Hallucination

AI 101: The 2026 Foundation — lesson 7 of 20 (DEFINITION)

When a model states something false with total confidence. It’s not lying — it’s pattern-completion without a fact-checker. Rule: AI drafts, humans verify. Anything customer-facing or legal gets human review.

Source: IBM — What are AI hallucinations?

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