AI-Adapted "Hallucineren" Is Voted Dutch Word of the Year - DutchNews.nl

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The real word of the year is "slop": the endless stream of meaningless digital clutter flooding the internet. And not "hallucinate," which Van Dale chose as the word of 2025. While chatbots that generate answers are still a relevant problem, it doesn't capture the most important phenomenon of the moment.

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Word of the Year: According to Van Dale, the new meaning of the word is common thanks to “the broad adoption of AI applications, such as ChatGPT and Gemini”.

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"Hallucinating" has been chosen as the Van Dale Word of the Year 2025. It's not a new word, but according to editor-in-chief Ton den Boon of the Dikke Van Dale, it represents a specific trend over the past year. He's referring to a new meaning of the word: the "hallucinating" of chatbots like ChatGPT and Gemini. In that context, it means providing information that isn't based on (reliable) data and is therefore inaccurate or completely false. Th…

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The dictionary publisher Van Dale has chosen its word of the year in Belgium and the Netherlands: hallucineren, meaning "hallucinating" generative...