Challenge: relying on large language models for information has raised concerns about reliability and accuracy of outputs.
Approach: They propose a hallucination taxonomy with 11 categories for various NLG tasks and propose HAllucination Detection models which integrate hallucinism detection, span-level identification, and correction into a single inference process.
Outcome: The proposed models outperform baselines on HaluEval, FactCHD, and FaithBench, confirming their robustness and versatility.

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