Preventing AI Hallucinations with Effective User Prompts|What causes AI hallucinations?
Applies to SUSE AI 1.0

1 What causes AI hallucinations?

 

The most common causes of hallucinations are:

  • Ambiguous prompts. Vague queries can lead to random or inaccurate answers.

  • Lack of clear context. When the language model lacks context, it can fabricate answers.

  • Long generation length. The longer the generated response, the higher the chance that hallucinations can happen.

  • No retrieval-augmented process. LLMs without access to external sources—such as databases or search engines—can produce errors when they need to generate specific information.