Definition
A hallucination is a confident statement by a model that is not supported by any source — an invented service, an invented year, an invented case study.
Why it matters
Hallucinations about a brand usually fill a vacuum. Where there is little consistent, checkable material, the model constructs something plausible. The fix is supplying the material, not disputing the output.
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