Chapter 4 · Lesson 2

Spot the Hallucination

Practice identifying claims that need verification.

6 min · Reviewed July 2026

Scenario

AI gives you three facts for a presentation. One looks suspicious.

Hallucinations often look normal

The danger is not wild nonsense. It is a normal-looking detail that slips into a useful answer and gets reused without checking.

Check names, dates, numbers, and sources

Proper nouns, exact statistics, legal claims, and recent facts are common places to slow down.

spot problem

Which claim needs the most urgent verification?

Find the choice that creates the clearest risk or quality problem.

Takeaway

The most dangerous errors are specific and easy to repeat.