Confabulation, Not Hallucination: Rethinking False Outputs in Generative AI

European Psychiatry · Published 2026-08-04 · DOI 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2026.12237

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Umberto Volpe, Sophia Frangou

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2026

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Volpe, U., Frangou, S. (2026). Confabulation, Not Hallucination: Rethinking False Outputs in Generative AI. European Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2026.12237

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