Truth, Hallucination & Misinformation

Lesson 3 of 8 10 minIncluded with Builder

AI can be confidently wrong — and you're responsible for what your system tells people.

What you'll learn

  • AI can be confidently wrong — and you're responsible for what your system tells people.
  • How truth, hallucination & misinformation fits into the AI Ethics, Society & Impact track
  • A hands-on project step you can put in your portfolio

The hands-on project

For an AI feature, decide: is it low-stakes or high-stakes on truth? List the safeguards you'd add (grounding/RAG, human review, "I don't know" behavior, AI disclosure). Name one thing you would refuse to build for deception reasons.

The full brief, voice tutor walkthrough, and feedback are inside the lesson.

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