Hallucination Detection & Mitigation

Summary

Techniques for catching and reducing a model confidently stating false information — including grounding in retrieved sources, self-consistency checks, and citation requirements.

• 1Build a simple fact-check step that cross-references model claims against retrieved sources.
• 2Compare hallucination rates with and without RAG grounding on the same questions.
• 3Learn why no current technique eliminates hallucination completely — only reduces its rate.