While visions of tiny people sounds straight out of a fairy tale, it’s a normal reaction from eating a type of fungi that’s a little different than your typical “magic ...

This is a guest post by George Wallis, one of my PhD students. We recently attended a seminar in which Oliver Sacks discussed his recent book ‘Hallucinations'. In this post George discusses the ways ...

AI models can confidently generate information that looks plausible but is false, misleading or entirely fabricated. Here's everything you need to know about hallucinations. Barbara is a tech writer ...

From fake court cases to billion-dollar market losses, these real AI hallucination disasters show why unchecked generative AI ...

Lisa joined CNET after more than 20 years as a reporter and editor. Her coverage of AI ranged from a hands-on with OpenAI's empathetic Advanced Voice Mode to in-depth explainers on LLMs, ...

Tactile hallucinations involve an abnormal or false sensation of touch or perception of movement on the skin or inside the body. Possible causes include schizophrenia, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s ...

One of the best approaches to mitigate hallucinations is context engineering, which is the practice of shaping the ...

Students are fluent in generating AI content but untrained in verifying it. Universities haven't caught up and employers are ...

State AGs caution Microsoft and other AI companies: fix chatbot hallucinations or face potential legal consequences.

Taking care of someone who is sick and feverish can be a worrying experience — especially if they’re very young, very old, or vulnerable to immune system challenges. Anxiety may escalate if the person ...

You can’t believe everything you hear, especially if you’re polishing off the third refill of your venti coffee. Australian researchers at La Trobe University have just published a study suggesting ...

The reporter who exposed Theranos and authored Bad Blood — and five other journalists are suing xAI, Anthropic, Google, ...