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My agent hallucinated - what do I do?

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  • Distinguishes two hallucination types: factuality hallucinations (claims that are simply false) vs. faithfulness hallucinations (output that doesn’t match the given context/instructions) — links to the AI Coding Dictionary’s “attention-degradation” entry as a related mechanism.
  • Treats this as a taxonomy question first, remediation second: the fix depends on which type occurred.
  • Covers techniques for maintaining agent reliability once a hallucination is identified — contrasts with the March “Never Trust An LLM” video, which explained why hallucination happens generally rather than how to triage it.
  • Takeaway: diagnose which hallucination type occurred before choosing a fix — factuality and faithfulness failures call for different mitigations.