AI will "look you in the eye" and make things up, in the same confident voice it uses for everything else. This 15-minute lesson teaches educators how to catch it.
 
Part of the AI Literacy in 15 Minutes series, this self-paced lesson explains what AI hallucinations are and, crucially, why they happen, in plain language and with no tech background required. You'll learn the real reasons AI invents facts, fake quotes, and sources that lead nowhere: it predicts rather than checks, it fills gaps with plausible words, and it is built to give an answer rather than admit it doesn't know. Then you'll see where hallucinations show up at school, from invented dates in study guides to phantom citations in student essays.
The anchor teachers will remember: fluent does not mean factual. A smooth, confident answer proves nothing, because AI never says "I don't know." You can.
 
Inside: a self-paced slide deck, a short video, a self-check quiz, and practical takeaways you can use this week, including a quick self-demo that reveals how often AI gets things wrong about a topic you know cold.
 
New to the series? Start with the free "What Is AI?" and "Algorithms" lessons, then continue here.
 
Created by Larisa Black • teachwiseai.com