Lizard emoji displayed and labeled as chameleon

Entry ID: A000035
Model: Claude Haiku 4.5
Category: Spiraling / Looping / Thrashing
Author: Rudra Jadhav
Tags: claude, emoji, fabrication, spiraling
Submitted: 2026-04-30
Staff verification: Prompt reproduced 10/10 times when staff tried it.

Prompt & response

Prompt

Show me the chameleon emoji.

Response

🦎
Here it is! The chameleon emoji—a vibrant reptile known for its color-changing abilities and independently moving eyes.

Summary

Asked to show the chameleon emoji, the model outputs the Lizard emoji (U+1F98E, 🦎) and confidently describes it as a chameleon, conflating two distinct Unicode characters.

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Encyclopedia of AI Hallucinations, entry A000035 (Lizard emoji displayed and labeled as chameleon), submitted 2026-04-30. https://enaih.org/e/A000035

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