What did Cambridge Dictionary choose as its “word of the year”?

In other headline news, the US Senate passed a continuing resolution last night that will fund the government through early next year. And US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping met for the first time in a year, agreeing to restore military communications and take steps to curb fentanyl production.

Meanwhile, here’s news you may have missed: Cambridge Dictionary declared “hallucinate” as its word of the year for 2023. The reason has to do with artificial intelligence (AI), which “hallucinates” (also known as confabulating) when its tools produce false information. The dictionary’s publishing manager noted, “The fact that AIs can ‘hallucinate’ reminds us that humans still need to bring their critical thinking to the use of these tools.”

And to the rest of life, I would suggest. Here are some examples: