hallucinate

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The compression, however, can cause the model to hallucinate, or make mistakes.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

“Does the Department of War want something like that in their supply chain, so that it could hallucinate, it could corrupt models that are used by defense contractors who are building weapons systems of airplanes?”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

What we don’t know yet is when they hallucinate, or when they veer from guidelines or recommendations.

From Slate • Jan. 21, 2026

“They hallucinate and have trouble with reasoning,” he said.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 29, 2025

Perhaps it had escaped and was hiding in one of the dark corners of the room, or maybe Joseph’s fever was causing him to hallucinate.

From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick