hallucination
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"I think hallucination is actually a really bad word, but it basically makes stuff up," he says.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 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
I think that must be a hallucination, because when I look into the furnace of the road up ahead, all I see is smoke and flames.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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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
As a child, Kusama experienced hallucinations of embers and flashing – later using her art as a vehicle for others to understand her vision of the world.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Dots surfaced in her childhood hallucinations, she said, and they played a dominant role in her work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 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
Were there other things I had thought were hallucinations, but were actually real?
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
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