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Dictionary.com has chosen "hallucinate" as its 2023 Word of the Year, but not in its traditional sense.
The word is being highlighted for its increased usage among users and critics of artificial intelligence (AI) programs. It is used to describe the inaccurate and often outlandish outputs that chatbots and other prompt-based AI programs present as fact.
These hallucinations can lead to false information being shared with users, as well as contribute to the spread of inaccurate or prejudiced articles or research results.
While leaders in the AI field are hopeful that hallucinations will become less common, others believe that fact-checking will always be necessary.
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