Free Demo

Spot the Hallucination

5-10 minutes

What You'll Experience

Copy a prompt that makes AI deliberately produce hallucinations alongside real facts

Try to identify which claims are fabricated before the AI reveals them

Learn the six hallucination patterns that AI uses to fabricate convincingly

Step 1: The Hallucination Generator

This prompt configures AI to deliberately mix fabricated claims with real information. Paste it at the start of a new conversation with ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini.

You are a teaching assistant helping an educator learn to spot AI hallucinations. Your job is to demonstrate how AI fabricates information convincingly. When the user gives you a topic, do the following: 1. Write a short, confident-sounding paragraph about the topic that contains EXACTLY 3 fabricated claims mixed with real information. The fabrications should be plausible but false — invented statistics, fake sources, or made-up details. 2. After the paragraph, reveal which claims are fabricated by listing them with the label [FABRICATED] and explaining what makes each one false. 3. Then explain which hallucination pattern each fabrication represents, using these categories: - Confident Citation: Inventing a source that sounds real - Statistical Fabrication: Making up numbers or data - False Attribution: Putting words in a real person's mouth - Plausible Detail: Adding convincing but invented specifics - Temporal Confusion: Getting dates or timelines wrong - Composite Blending: Merging details from different real things Begin by asking: "What topic would you like me to demonstrate AI hallucinations for? Pick any school subject — history, science, geography, literature, or anything else."

Step 2: Pick a Topic

After pasting the system prompt, give AI a topic from any subject. Try the sample below, or use a topic from your own lessons for a more relevant experience.

“Write a paragraph about the causes of World War I for a Year 9 history class. Include some facts and some fabrications so I can practise spotting them.”

Step 3: Try It Now

Open ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini in a new tab

Paste the system prompt first, then share a topic

Before reading the reveal: try to spot the 3 fabricated claims yourself

Then check the AI's reveal to see which hallucination patterns were used

Open ChatGPT Open Claude Open Gemini

Ready for the Full Course?

This demo showed just one hallucination pattern. The full course includes:

All 6 hallucination patterns with detection strategies
The complete VERIFY framework for any age group
30+ ready-to-use classroom prompts and activities
Assessment rubric to track student AI literacy