# Hallucination

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.

Canonical: https://robauto.ai/learn/ai-101/7

_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?](https://www.ibm.com/topics/ai-hallucinations?utm_source=robauto)

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