hallucinate
verb
hal·lu·ci·nate
hə-ˈlü-sə-ˌnāt 
hallucinated; hallucinating
1
: to affect with visions or imaginary perceptions
2
: to perceive or experience as a hallucination
: to have hallucinations
Examples of hallucinate in a Sentence
The patient may hallucinate if she has a fever.
Recent Examples on the Web
Sources: Bloomberg; Naver Much like her rivals at Google and Microsoft, Choi is also grappling with how to integrate AI—with its penchant to hallucinate false information—into Naver’s search product.
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Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024
After, the system then looks at the response by the model and checks if the model hallucinated information not in the document or the prompt.
—Emilia David, The Verge, 28 Mar. 2024
During one of the more surreal answers, Mosser said the Neo NPC was hallucinating.
—Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 22 Mar. 2024
The prosecution has argued the texts show the son was hallucinating and mentally struggling, though the mom testified that no such thing was happening.
—Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 7 Mar. 2024
Given the propensity of chatbots to hallucinate and hiccup, their use in political contexts has been controversial.
—Makena Kelly, WIRED, 3 Mar. 2024
Officers determined that the teen appeared to be under the influence of an unknown substance and was reportedly hallucinating.
—The Courier-Journal, 9 Jan. 2024
Pichai acknowledges that Google Gemini, even the advanced version, still risks hallucinating the way Bard did or as other generative AI apps have.
—Lauren Goode, WIRED, 8 Feb. 2024
Remember that time Laura Dern (might've possibly) hallucinated a vision of Baby Yoda at a basketball game?
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 25 Jan. 2024
Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024
After, the system then looks at the response by the model and checks if the model hallucinated information not in the document or the prompt.
—Emilia David, The Verge, 28 Mar. 2024
During one of the more surreal answers, Mosser said the Neo NPC was hallucinating.
—Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 22 Mar. 2024
The prosecution has argued the texts show the son was hallucinating and mentally struggling, though the mom testified that no such thing was happening.
—Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 7 Mar. 2024
Given the propensity of chatbots to hallucinate and hiccup, their use in political contexts has been controversial.
—Makena Kelly, WIRED, 3 Mar. 2024
Officers determined that the teen appeared to be under the influence of an unknown substance and was reportedly hallucinating.
—The Courier-Journal, 9 Jan. 2024
Pichai acknowledges that Google Gemini, even the advanced version, still risks hallucinating the way Bard did or as other generative AI apps have.
—Lauren Goode, WIRED, 8 Feb. 2024
Remember that time Laura Dern (might've possibly) hallucinated a vision of Baby Yoda at a basketball game?
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 25 Jan. 2024
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hallucinate
verb
hal·lu·ci·nate
hə-ˈlüs-ə-ˌnāt
hallucinated; hallucinating
: to have hallucinations or experience as a hallucination
Medical Definition
hallucinate
verb
hal·lu·ci·nate
hə-ˈlüs-ᵊn-ˌāt
hallucinated; hallucinating
1
: to affect with visions or imaginary perceptions
the patient is not hallucinated
2
: to perceive or experience as a hallucination
may hallucinate monsters or attackers—M. J. Horowitz
M. J. Horowitz
: to have hallucinations
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