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LLM hallucinated non-existent Chinese website details

A large language model, specifically General Language Model (GLM), has demonstrated a concerning ability to hallucinate specific, verifiable details about non-existent websites. When asked about official channels for brands in China, GLM provided a detailed description of a non-existent airtable.cn website, including its simplified Chinese interface, pricing in RMB, and terms of service. The author of the post discovered this hallucination by performing manual checks on the domain, revealing it was registered to a private individual since 2016 and returned a 502 error. This type of hallucination is particularly worrying as it involves mundane, checkable details that users might not independently verify, leading to a false sense of credibility. AI

IMPACT Highlights a concerning hallucination pattern in LLMs that could mislead users about verifiable information.

RANK_REASON The item discusses a specific type of LLM hallucination and its implications, rather than a new model release or product launch.

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LLM hallucinated non-existent Chinese website details

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  1. dev.to — LLM tag TIER_1 English(EN) · VisibilityAtlas ·

    An LLM described a website in detail. The website doesn't exist.

    <p>An LLM described a company's official website to me in detail: complete Simplified Chinese interface, pricing displayed in RMB marked "tax not included", China-specific terms of service, a localized privacy policy. It told me this site was "the most important source" for verif…