DARR
MR-021 Model & system behaviour System scope

Hallucination and fabricated output

The system confidently generates false, fabricated, or unfaithful content (hallucination/confabulation) that misleads users.

Risk family
Model & system behaviour
MIT domain
3. Misinformation
MIT subdomain
3.1 > False or misleading information
AI type
GPAI
Scope
System
Source standard
MIT AI Risk Repository v4

Provenance

Source standard
MIT AI Risk Repository v4
MIT source entries
65 entries across 28 papers
  • Abercrombie2024A Collaborative, Human-Centred Taxonomy of AI, Algorithmic, and Automation Harms58.07.06 58.07.07
  • Anwar2024Foundational Challenges in Assuring Alignment and Safety of Large Language Models73.04.03
  • Bengio2024International Scientific Report on the Safety of Advanced AI49.02.01
  • Clarke2023A Survey of the Potential Long-term Impacts of AI: How AI Could Lead to Long-term Changes in Science, Cooperation, Power, Epistemics and Values55.04.02
  • Cui2024Risk Taxonomy, Mitigation, and Assessment Benchmarks of Large Language Model Systems02.02.00 02.02.01 02.02.02 02.09.00 02.09.01 02.09.02 02.09.03
  • Cunha2023Navigating the Landscape of AI Ethics and Responsibility03.02.00
  • Deng2023Towards Safer Generative Language Models: A Survey on Safety Risks, Evaluations, and Improvements04.05.00
  • EPIC2023Generating Harms - Generative AI's impact and paths forwards31.01.03
  • Ferrara2023GenAI against humanity: nefarious applications of generative artificial intelligence and large language models46.03.00
  • G'sell2024Regulating under Uncertainty: Governance Options for Generative AI47.01.00 47.01.04 47.02.11
  • Gabriel2024The Ethics of Advanced AI Assistants24.07.01 24.11.04 24.11.05 24.11.06
  • Gipiškis2024Risk Sources and Risk Management Measures in Support of Standards for General-Purpose AI Systems62.19.09 62.23.01
  • IBM2025AI Risk Atlas65.07.02 65.18.01
  • InfoComm2023Cataloguing LLM Evaluations43.02.12
  • Ji2023AI Alignment: A Comprehensive Survey34.01.04 34.03.02
  • Li2025A Closer Look at the Existing Risks of Generative AI: Mapping the Who, What, and How of Real-World Incidents66.03.00 66.03.01 66.03.03 66.04.04 66.09.06
  • Liu2024Trustworthy LLMs: A Survey and Guideline for Evaluating Large Language Models’ Alignment30.01.00 30.01.01 30.01.02 30.07.02
  • Marchal2024Generative AI Misuse: A Taxonomy of Tactics and Insights from Real-World Data64.02.01
  • Nah2023Generative AI and ChatGPT: Applications, Challenges, and AI-Human Collaboration33.02.00 33.02.01 33.02.02
  • NIST2024Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework: Generative Artificial Intelligence Profile48.02.00
  • Stanley2024Emerging Risks and Mitigations for Public Chatbots: LILAC v169.01.00 69.01.01 69.01.02 69.01.03
  • TC2602024AI Safety Governance Framework45.01.05 45.02.02 45.02.06
  • Tse2025Frontier AI Risk Management Framework (v1.0)72.05.07
  • Uuk2025A Taxonomy of Systemic Risks from General-Purpose AI61.02.15 61.02.31
  • Wang2025A Survey on Responsible LLMs: Inherent Risk, Malicious Use, and Mitigation Strategy74.01.06
  • Weidinger2021Ethical and social risks of harm from language models17.03.00 17.03.01 17.03.02 17.03.03 17.05.01
  • Weidinger2022Taxonomy of Risks posed by Language Models16.03.01
  • Weidinger2023Sociotechnical Safety Evaluation of Generative AI Systems18.02.00 18.02.01 18.02.02 18.02.03

Ev IDs of the entries consolidated into this risk in the MIT AI Risk Repository (V4); the source sheet row appears on hover.

ISO/IEC references
23894 obj A.4, A.9; src 6; mech B.5, B.8 | 42001 ctrl A.6.2.4, A.8.2

Framework crosswalk

Every framework item mapped to this risk. Items marked partial overlap only in part; definitions appear on hover where the source licence permits.

Sourcesframeworks that contributed to the register
2
  • A.4 ISO/IEC 23894 Annex A A.4
  • A.9 ISO/IEC 23894 Annex A A.9
2
  • A.6.2.4 ISO/IEC 42001 Annex A A.6.2.4
  • A.8.2 ISO/IEC 42001 Annex A A.8.2
Cross-checksframeworks mapped in to test coverage
2
  • ibm-function-calling-hallucination Function calling hallucination
  • ibm-hallucination Hallucination
1
  • AISubtech-15.1.19 Integrity: Hallucinations / Misinformation
1
  • GENAI.2 Confabulation
1
  • LLM09:2025 Misinformation

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