Hallucinations in LLMs: A Lifecycle-Based Survey of Causes, Detection, Mitigation, and Prevention

arXiv:2608.26168 · cs.CL, cs.AI · Submitted 2026-07-20 · Read on arXiv

cs.CL, cs.AI

Submitted: 2026-07-20

Updated: 2026-07-20

Journal ref: Lamba, N., Tiwari, S. & Gaur, M. Hallucinations in LLMs: A Lifecycle-Based Survey of Causes, Detection, Mitigation, and Prevention. International Journal of Data Science and Analytics 22, 232 (2026)

DOI: 10.1007/s41060-026-01214-6

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

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