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as in visions
a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality
were the voices real, or merely a hallucination?
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as in delusions
a false idea or belief
the common hallucination that gluttony during the holiday season doesn't have consequences
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Recent Examples of hallucinations
Clinical trials showed the combination helped manage schizophrenia symptoms such as hallucinations, delusions and disorganized thinking.
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Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 23 Dec. 2024
Ignoring the potential for AI hallucinations can be a costly liability.
—Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Training employees on how AI works, its limitations, and how to spot hallucinations is essential.
—Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
The court explained that government hallucinations in the world of national security must be accepted as gospel because judges are ingenues.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 19 Dec. 2024
In covering this, Whittemore talks repeatedly, prompted by the essay, about the threat of hallucinations and errors, and how AI makes these look plausible.
—John Werner, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
The platform seeks to find hallucinations, bugs, customer frustrations and other problems through its different voice agents, simulating different accents, tones and personalities.
—Kerry Flynn, Axios, 18 Dec. 2024
Modern-day generative AI is also known for making errors, including generating falsehoods that are referred to as AI hallucinations.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Beyond simple glitches or hallucinations, these models can actively mislead, exploit vulnerabilities, and even feign compliance.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 13 Dec. 2024
Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 23 Dec. 2024
Ignoring the potential for AI hallucinations can be a costly liability.
—Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Training employees on how AI works, its limitations, and how to spot hallucinations is essential.
—Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
The court explained that government hallucinations in the world of national security must be accepted as gospel because judges are ingenues.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 19 Dec. 2024
In covering this, Whittemore talks repeatedly, prompted by the essay, about the threat of hallucinations and errors, and how AI makes these look plausible.
—John Werner, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
The platform seeks to find hallucinations, bugs, customer frustrations and other problems through its different voice agents, simulating different accents, tones and personalities.
—Kerry Flynn, Axios, 18 Dec. 2024
Modern-day generative AI is also known for making errors, including generating falsehoods that are referred to as AI hallucinations.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Beyond simple glitches or hallucinations, these models can actively mislead, exploit vulnerabilities, and even feign compliance.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 13 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hallucinations
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Clinical trials showed the combination helped manage schizophrenia symptoms such as hallucinations, delusions and disorganized thinking.Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 23 Dec. 2024
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Elevating Mangione to a mythical status only serves to deepen his delusions of grandeur.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
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Images of dancers, street scenes and soldiers on the backdrop convey the illusions of various actions.Oline Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
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As bitcoin matures, its volatility is likely to settle, leaving behind an asset whose long-term stability is built on solid fundamentals, not illusions of control.Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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Breaking the Stereotypes About Women and Money There are many myths out there about women and their relationship with money.Melissa Houston, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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This guide delves into some common composting myths and explains how to quickly transform citrus scraps of all sorts into a rich compost that your garden and houseplants will love.Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Dec. 2024
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However, there is a fundamental challenge in quantum computing space, as an increasing number of errors arise as the system grows in complexity with a higher number of qubits.Trefis Team, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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Take the recent advice from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, of all people, which suggested verifying phishing emails by checking for spelling errors and grammatical inconsistencies.Davey Winder, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Hallucinations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hallucinations. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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