# AI hallucination
> An AI hallucination is when a model gives an answer that sounds confident but is wrong or unsupported.
Topics: AI
Difficulty: Everyday
Aliases: hallucination, AI error
Updated: 2026-06-26T08:00:00.000Z
## Go deeper
An AI hallucination is when a model gives an answer that sounds confident but is wrong or unsupported. In everyday buying decisions, the useful question is not just what the spec says, but what it changes for comfort, cost, speed, safety, or battery life.