AI safety and alignment · MLD-0503
Hallucination
Generated content that is false, unsupported, or inconsistent with required evidence under a stated task definition.
Original reference page · detailed expansion pending. Original definitions, examples, notes and citations are preserved below. New examples are illustrative, not benchmark results.
Original example
Invent a source or unsupported factual detail.
Original caveat
The term covers several distinct failure types and does not imply perception.
Context and aliases
Level: Foundational. Stages: Training · Evaluation · Research · Governance.
Tags: Safety · RL · SLM · LLM.
Aliases: Confabulation.