# Ungrounded Generation

> Generating output from a model alone without grounding it in retrieved facts, inviting hallucination.

Record: `lex:ungrounded-generation`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Correctness Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/correctness-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-ungrounded-generation

## category

- [Model Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/model-architecture.md)

## referenced-by

- [Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/retrieval-augmented-generation.md)