Last Updated on September 9, 2025 by Editorial Team Author(s): Kaushik Rajan Originally published on Towards AI. A deep dive into the research that explains why AI hallucinations are an inherent feature of Large Language Models, not just a bug. You’ve probably seen it before. You ask an AI chatbot a simple question, and it confidently spits out an answer that sounds plausible but is completely, utterly wrong. It might invent a historical event, fabricate a quote, or even create a fake acade...