Question

A healthcare startup deploys a generative AI assistant that answers patient questions about medications. During testing, the assistant occasionally invents dosage instructions and cites clinical studies that do not exist, even though its outputs sound authoritative and fluent. Leadership asks you to name the specific generative AI challenge this behavior represents so the right mitigation can be prioritized. Which challenge is being described?

Accepted Answer

Fabrication (hallucination), where the model generates plausible-sounding but factually incorrect or invented content

Answer

Bias, where the model produces outputs that unfairly favor or disadvantage certain groups

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Token cost overrun, where longer prompts and responses increase operating expenses

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Latency, where the model takes too long to return a response to the user