Term · Topic

AI Hallucinations

Q: What is AI Hallucinations?

Artificial Intelligence (AI) hallucinations are outputs from AI models that present content as factual or grounded in input data when that content is partially or entirely inaccurate, fabricated, or unsupported by the model’s training data or context. Expanded Explanation 1. Technical Function and Core Characteristics AI hallucinations occur when a model produces content that does not correspond to the input, training data distribution, or verifiable external knowledge. They appear in large

AI hallucinations are incorrect or fabricated outputs generated by AI models and presented as factual, which raises reliability, compliance, and operational risk for enterprises that use generative systems in customer support, knowledge management, software development, and decision support workflows.

What this term record gives an agent

Vendors describe the same technology in different words. This record pins down what "AI Hallucinations" means and ties it to the companies and coverage that use it, so an agent compares like with like.

One definition

A plain definition plus how it's used, what it's often confused with and why it matters.

Neighboring terms

Related terms in the same glossary, so an agent can widen or narrow a search the way the market does.

Get this term

The same record, four ways in. No key needed to try it.

MCP

curl -X POST https://mcp.decisioninsights.ai/api/mcp-public \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -H "accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
  -d '{"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"tools/call","params":{"arguments":{"slug":"ai-hallucinations"},"name":"di_get_term"}}'

REST

GET https://api.decisioninsights.ai/api/public/v1/glossary/0b9f3151-813e-4f4e-93f5-e77780fbaf35

CLI

di get-glossary --slug ai-hallucinations

JSON-LD

The schema.org markup this page publishes for search engines and AI agents, exactly as they read it.

[
  {
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/#website",
    "@type": "WebSite",
    "name": "Decision Insights",
    "potentialAction": {
      "@type": "SearchAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://decisioninsights.ai/search/?q={search_term_string}&submit=1"
      }
    },
    "publisher": {
      "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/#organization"
    },
    "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai"
  },
  {
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/#organization",
    "@type": "Organization",
    "contactPoint": {
      "@type": "ContactPoint",
      "contactType": "customer support",
      "email": "[email protected]"
    },
    "description": "Decision Insights is a Registry of technology companies, open source projects, and industry terms, built for people and for AI agents that need sourced, structured information.",
    "legalName": "Wiretap Labs, LLC",
    "logo": {
      "@type": "ImageObject",
      "url": "https://wiretap-cdn-assets.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/decision-insights/[email protected]"
    },
    "name": "Decision Insights",
    "parentOrganization": {
      "@type": "Organization",
      "name": "Wiretap Labs",
      "sameAs": [
        "https://www.linkedin.com/company/wiretap-labs",
        "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/wiretap-labs"
      ],
      "url": "https://wiretaplabs.com"
    },
    "publishingPrinciples": "https://decisioninsights.ai/standards/",
    "sameAs": [
      "https://www.linkedin.com/company/decisioninsights"
    ],
    "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai"
  },
  {
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
    "itemListElement": [
      {
        "@type": "ListItem",
        "item": "https://decisioninsights.ai",
        "name": "Decision Insights",
        "position": 1
      },
      {
        "@type": "ListItem",
        "item": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/",
        "name": "Glossary",
        "position": 2
      },
      {
        "@type": "ListItem",
        "item": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/ai-hallucinations/",
        "name": "AI Hallucinations",
        "position": 3
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/ai-hallucinations/#definedterm",
    "@type": "DefinedTerm",
    "additionalProperty": [
      {
        "@type": "PropertyValue",
        "name": "Related terms",
        "valueReference": [
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/ai-generated-content/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/ai-generated-content/",
            "name": "Ai-Generated Content"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/ai-model/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/ai-model/",
            "name": "AI Model"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/ai-model-poisoning/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/ai-model-poisoning/",
            "name": "AI Model Poisoning"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/ai-agents/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/ai-agents/",
            "name": "AI Agents"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/ai-artificial-intelligence/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/ai-artificial-intelligence/",
            "name": "Artificial Intelligence"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/artificial-general-intelligence-agi/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/artificial-general-intelligence-agi/",
            "name": "Artificial General Intelligence"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/ai-factories/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/ai-factories/",
            "name": "AI Factories"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/generative-ai-genai/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/generative-ai-genai/",
            "name": "Generative AI"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "description": "AI hallucinations are incorrect or fabricated outputs generated by AI models and presented as factual, which raises reliability, compliance, and operational risk for enterprises that use generative systems in customer support, knowledge management, software development, and decision support workflows.",
    "inDefinedTermSet": {
      "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/#termset",
      "@type": "DefinedTermSet",
      "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/"
    },
    "name": "AI Hallucinations",
    "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/ai-hallucinations/"
  },
  {
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/ai-hallucinations/",
    "@type": "CollectionPage",
    "dateModified": "2026-08-24T02:26:34Z",
    "description": "AI hallucinations are incorrect or fabricated outputs generated by AI models and presented as factual, which raises reliability, compliance, and operational risk for enterprises that use generative systems in customer support, knowledge management, software development, and decision support workflows.",
    "isPartOf": {
      "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/#website"
    },
    "mainEntity": {
      "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/ai-hallucinations/#definedterm"
    },
    "name": "AI Hallucinations",
    "sdDatePublished": "2026-08-24",
    "sdPublisher": {
      "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/#organization"
    },
    "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/ai-hallucinations/"
  },
  {
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@type": "FAQPage",
    "mainEntity": [
      {
        "@type": "Question",
        "acceptedAnswer": {
          "@type": "Answer",
          "text": "Artificial Intelligence (AI) hallucinations are outputs from AI models that present content as factual or grounded in input data when that content is partially or entirely inaccurate, fabricated, or unsupported by the model’s training data or context.\nExpanded Explanation\n1. Technical Function and Core Characteristics\nAI hallucinations occur when a model produces content that does not correspond to the input, training data distribution, or verifiable external knowledge. They appear in large"
        },
        "name": "What is AI Hallucinations?"
      }
    ]
  }
]

Is this your company? Get structured data for your own pages

The CLI command and the REST call for this record need a free account: run di login, or send your OAuth token. Over MCP it is free with none.

Connect your agent (MCP) REST API and CLI docs

How an agent can rely on this definition

What the record lets an agent check before it uses the term in an answer.

The check	What the record shows	Where it is in the data
It's a known term	One entry, with its type (topic)	`name`
It sits in a glossary	Linked to Ai-Generated Content, AI Model, AI Model Poisoning, AI Agents	`inDefinedTermSet`

View the raw record (JSON-LD)

[
  {
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/#website",
    "@type": "WebSite",
    "name": "Decision Insights",
    "potentialAction": {
      "@type": "SearchAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://decisioninsights.ai/search/?q={search_term_string}&submit=1"
      }
    },
    "publisher": {
      "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/#organization"
    },
    "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai"
  },
  {
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/#organization",
    "@type": "Organization",
    "contactPoint": {
      "@type": "ContactPoint",
      "contactType": "customer support",
      "email": "[email protected]"
    },
    "description": "Decision Insights is a Registry of technology companies, open source projects, and industry terms, built for people and for AI agents that need sourced, structured information.",
    "legalName": "Wiretap Labs, LLC",
    "logo": {
      "@type": "ImageObject",
      "url": "https://wiretap-cdn-assets.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/decision-insights/[email protected]"
    },
    "name": "Decision Insights",
    "parentOrganization": {
      "@type": "Organization",
      "name": "Wiretap Labs",
      "sameAs": [
        "https://www.linkedin.com/company/wiretap-labs",
        "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/wiretap-labs"
      ],
      "url": "https://wiretaplabs.com"
    },
    "publishingPrinciples": "https://decisioninsights.ai/standards/",
    "sameAs": [
      "https://www.linkedin.com/company/decisioninsights"
    ],
    "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai"
  },
  {
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
    "itemListElement": [
      {
        "@type": "ListItem",
        "item": "https://decisioninsights.ai",
        "name": "Decision Insights",
        "position": 1
      },
      {
        "@type": "ListItem",
        "item": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/",
        "name": "Glossary",
        "position": 2
      },
      {
        "@type": "ListItem",
        "item": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/ai-hallucinations/",
        "name": "AI Hallucinations",
        "position": 3
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/ai-hallucinations/#definedterm",
    "@type": "DefinedTerm",
    "additionalProperty": [
      {
        "@type": "PropertyValue",
        "name": "Related terms",
        "valueReference": [
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/ai-generated-content/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/ai-generated-content/",
            "name": "Ai-Generated Content"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/ai-model/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/ai-model/",
            "name": "AI Model"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/ai-model-poisoning/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/ai-model-poisoning/",
            "name": "AI Model Poisoning"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/ai-agents/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/ai-agents/",
            "name": "AI Agents"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/ai-artificial-intelligence/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/ai-artificial-intelligence/",
            "name": "Artificial Intelligence"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/artificial-general-intelligence-agi/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/artificial-general-intelligence-agi/",
            "name": "Artificial General Intelligence"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/ai-factories/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/ai-factories/",
            "name": "AI Factories"
          },
          {
            "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/generative-ai-genai/#definedterm",
            "@type": "DefinedTerm",
            "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/generative-ai-genai/",
            "name": "Generative AI"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "description": "AI hallucinations are incorrect or fabricated outputs generated by AI models and presented as factual, which raises reliability, compliance, and operational risk for enterprises that use generative systems in customer support, knowledge management, software development, and decision support workflows.",
    "inDefinedTermSet": {
      "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/#termset",
      "@type": "DefinedTermSet",
      "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/"
    },
    "name": "AI Hallucinations",
    "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/ai-hallucinations/"
  },
  {
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/ai-hallucinations/",
    "@type": "CollectionPage",
    "dateModified": "2026-08-24T02:26:34Z",
    "description": "AI hallucinations are incorrect or fabricated outputs generated by AI models and presented as factual, which raises reliability, compliance, and operational risk for enterprises that use generative systems in customer support, knowledge management, software development, and decision support workflows.",
    "isPartOf": {
      "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/#website"
    },
    "mainEntity": {
      "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/ai-hallucinations/#definedterm"
    },
    "name": "AI Hallucinations",
    "sdDatePublished": "2026-08-24",
    "sdPublisher": {
      "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/#organization"
    },
    "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/ai-hallucinations/"
  },
  {
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@type": "FAQPage",
    "mainEntity": [
      {
        "@type": "Question",
        "acceptedAnswer": {
          "@type": "Answer",
          "text": "Artificial Intelligence (AI) hallucinations are outputs from AI models that present content as factual or grounded in input data when that content is partially or entirely inaccurate, fabricated, or unsupported by the model’s training data or context.\nExpanded Explanation\n1. Technical Function and Core Characteristics\nAI hallucinations occur when a model produces content that does not correspond to the input, training data distribution, or verifiable external knowledge. They appear in large"
        },
        "name": "What is AI Hallucinations?"
      }
    ]
  }
]