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hallucination

[huh-loo-suh-nay-shuhn] / həˌlu səˈneɪ ʃən /


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“In an experience like this, you’re alone with the inhabitants of the world, and they’re all there as part of your hallucination, your dream and your journey,” Neiden says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

An episode is prison slang for a severe hallucination.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

“The GPT 5.6 series tends to ground itself in real data when doing knowledge work. It’s better at citing where that data came from. It’s a little more reliable on the hallucination front,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026

Scaled Cognition addresses AI hallucination with a model that predicts structured objects, such as programs and system queries, in addition to token streams.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

The experience was very strong, nearly a hallucination.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

Non-motor symptoms include depression, anxiety, apathy, hallucinations, constipation, orthostatic hypotension, sleep disorders, loss of sense of smell, and cognitive impairments.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

Hypnopompic hallucinations are what specialists call the unreal things people see or hear during the transition from sleep to waking.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

Leo abandoned the family and moved to California when Steinem was 10 years old, leaving her to care for Ruth who had long suffered with mental illness and had terrifying hallucinations.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

The "polka dot queen" channelled hallucinations and battles with mental health into vibrant art featuring her trademark dots, nets and infinity motifs over a career spanning decades and continents.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

“A good joke. Where was I? Secondary hallucinations, yes. Women come to me with snakes crawling from their ears. When I cure them, the snakes vanish.”

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury




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