Turns out asking AI chatbots for answers in a specific way can be like leaving them with the key to Trippy McHigh's magic mushroom farm

It's a known issue right now that Large Language Model-powered AI chatbots do not always deliver factually correct answers to posed questions. In fact, not only do AI chatbots sometimes not deliver factually correct information, but they have a nasty habit of confidently presenting factually incorrect information, with answers to questions that are just fabricated, hallucinated hokum.

So why are AI chatbots currently prone to hallucinations when delivering answers, and what are the triggers for it?