The Cambridge Dictionary is updating the definition of the word "hallucinate" because of AI. Hallucination is the phenomenon where AI convincingly spits out factual errors as truth. It's a word that also captures one of the AI industry's key challenges: misinformation. AdvertisementThe Cambridge Dictionary's newly crowned word of the year is a familiar one, but it's taking on a new meaning because of AI. Business leaders and misinformation experts have also voiced their concerns over how AI might worsen the state of online misinformation.

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Persons: —, Morgan Stanley, Wendalyn Nichols Organizations: Cambridge, Service, Gizmodo, CNET, Microsoft, AIs