5 Types of AI Hallucinations (And How to Detect Them)
The article discusses the different types of hallucinations that can occur in production AI agents, beyond the classic
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Why it matters
Detecting the full spectrum of AI hallucinations is critical for ensuring production agents perform reliably and avoid catastrophic failures.
Key Points
- 1There are 5 key types of AI hallucinations beyond just factual errors
- 2Contextual hallucination is when an agent ignores the provided context and uses its general knowledge instead
- 3Instruction hallucination is when the agent violates core instructions in its system prompt
- 4Role hallucination is when the agent forgets its assigned persona or role
- 5Consistency hallucination is when the agent contradicts itself within the same conversation
Details
The article explains that while the classic
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