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hallucination

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


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"For a young person, if you don't have what we call 'foundational knowledge' it might be hard for you to figure out whether something is a hallucination or whether it's genuine."

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

Whatever adviser is feeding that hallucination is a poster child for America’s fourth-grade math problem.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

For a moment he had had an overwhelming hallucination of her presence.

From "1984" by George Orwell

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

Detecting AI is like trying to detect lies: In most cases, there is no single signature that gives AI away, aside from hallucinations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Instead, they have put forth a defence of insanity, arguing that Clancy had hallucinations and delusions after giving birth to her youngest child.

From BBC ● 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

At that point, I realized that I was experiencing heat hallucinations for the first time in my life.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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