Hallucination in machines: Why AI makes things up

When we prompted multiple AI models on why they lie, the first thing they wanted to do was differentiate lies from hallucinations.

We go to Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbots for research, guidance and emotional support. But how do we tackle the sweet lies they tell us, sometimes as much as 30% of the times? A recent study by Relum, an online gaming support engine, found that popular AI chatbots hallucinate upto 30% of the times that they are prompted for information. ChatGPT, the most popular product with users like us, makes up stuff around 35% of the times, while Gemini leads with

It was to fix ChatGPT’s reliability amongst other things, that a slightly panicked Sam Altman declared a Code Red in a memo to his employees, in December. (AP)