Generative AI at Work / Unit 1 GAI 006 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Confabulation
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The idea
Confabulation is NIST's term for generative AI confidently presenting erroneous or false content; everyday speech calls it hallucination.
In practice
A summary that cites a section the source document does not contain, or contradicts what the same answer said earlier.
Where people slip
NIST uses confabulation partly because commenters noted that hallucination attributes human qualities to software, itself a risk.
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