confabulation

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Recent Examples of confabulation Actual researchers can evaluate the AI bot's suggestions against their deep knowledge of their field, spotting errors and rejecting confabulations. ArsTechnica, 25 Aug. 2025 Often, such confabulations appear to be truthful and can mislead users accordingly. Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for confabulation
Noun
  • For Donohue, a one-on-one discussion with Hunt and a later meeting with his constituents further complicated his decision.
    Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
  • If both polls and discussions with my friends are anything to go by, Americans feel forever locked in a state of political conflict.
    Sarah Stein Lubrano, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • My senses sharpened, my breath slowed, and the chatter in my head went quiet.
    Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • After plenty of chatter, Thug is attempting to finally control his narrative and the reclamation of the Atlanta rapper is on.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Or patients might need a prescription or consultation with a doctor or other medical provider.
    Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Then, too, Warsaw invoked Article 4, which calls for emergency consultations among member states.
    Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In the aftermath, authorities retrieved thousands of chat logs linked to Gendron off of Discord, which were written in the form of an online diary and dated over a stretch of several months.
    Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Jain also confirmed that Garcia's testimony is accurate and only her legal team can currently access Sewell's last chats.
    Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The vitriol levied at uninvolved lawmakers since Wednesday's shooting has had a chilling effect on the American tradition of lawmakers' community engagement — as well as the open debate and political discourse Kirk himself espoused.
    Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 12 Sep. 2025
  • In a democracy, ideas are tested through words and good-faith debate—never through violence.
    Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Another interesting talk was that of Charles Alpert from Cadence.
    Thomas Coughlin, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Republican lawmakers are upping the pressure on GOP leaders to extend enhanced health insurance subsidies set to expire at year’s end for those with Affordable Care Act coverage, bolstering similar demands from Democrats as part of government funding talks.
    Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Arie Perliger does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.
    Arie Perliger, The Conversation, 11 Sep. 2025
  • At the first sign of trouble, the application would trigger a telemedicine consult.
    Robert Pearl, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • On those calls, the rapper expressed his frustration with many of his peers and commented on industry rumors and gossip (such as the falling out between Metro Boomin and Drake).
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2025
  • That’s probably more a reflection of modern-day Young Thug than anything else, where the music is an afterthought to gossip and the CEO life.
    Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 11 Sep. 2025

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“Confabulation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confabulation. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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