In order to understand what it means to hallucinate, we first must gain an appreciation of what hallucinogens do inside the brain. One of the best-studied hallucinogenic drugs is LSD. In the brain, ...

Hallucinations are unreal sensory experiences, such as hearing or seeing something that is not there. Any of our five senses (vision, hearing, taste, smell, touch) can be involved. Most often, when we ...

You know the cameras are everywhere, watching your every move. They are embedded in street lights and often confused with doorbell cameras. In the walls, lights, cars and every public space. You just ...

What springs from the 'mind' of an AI can sometimes be out of left field. gremlin/iStock via Getty Images When someone sees something that isn’t there, people often refer to the experience as a ...

A new study from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience shows how flickering light can cause hallucinations in our brain: it produces ‘standing waves’ of brain activity. You’re sitting on the bus ...

If you've used ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Grok, Claude, Perplexity or any other generative AI tool, you've probably seen them make things up with complete confidence. This is called an AI hallucination - ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. In today’s column, I examine the disconcerting emergence of AI ...