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Is predictive text giving you mistakes and 'hallucinations'? You're not alone

ABC Australia · Jun 10, 2026, 8:21 PM

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If internet chatter is to be believed, the intuitiveness and efficiency of predictive text and autocorrect have fallen off a cliff in recent years. But while researchers agree there has been a demonstrable decline in quality, the increasing sophistication of what phones can do is also making errors

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