generative AI
noun
variants
or less commonly generative artificial intelligence
: artificial intelligence (see artificial intelligence sense 2) that is capable of generating new content (such as images or text) in response to a submitted prompt (such as a query) by learning from a large reference database of examples
Generative AI is a computer tool that can create text that sounds like it was written by a human, based on a given starting point.—
Stephanie Sylvestre
Stephanie SylvestreIn a departure from previous efforts, Therabot is powered by generative artificial intelligence, meaning it can use existing data and documentation to develop original actions and responses. Another example of generative AI is DALL-E 2, the popular program that can create images from user prompts.—Sarah Sloat
Sarah SloatPublishers hire armies of journalists to produce content. … These publishers will soon leverage generative AI to instantly create thousands of SEO-optimized articles …—Lloyd Danzig
Lloyd DanzigExamples of generative AI in a Sentence
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Education Commissioner Deena Bishop admitted to using generative AI to draft the resolution, the Alaska Beacon reports.
—Emily Dreibelbis Forlini, PCMAG, 11 Nov. 2024
Read Article > In 2020, when Joe Biden won the White House, generative AI still looked like a pointless toy, not a world-changing new technology.
—Vox Staff, Vox, 6 Nov. 2024
Any answer produced by generative AI deserves your best kind of scrutiny.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Zoom in: Each Big Tech giant is building generative AI models, and many of them are using their customer data, in part, to train them.
—Ina Fried, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
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Emily Dreibelbis Forlini, PCMAG, 11 Nov. 2024
Read Article > In 2020, when Joe Biden won the White House, generative AI still looked like a pointless toy, not a world-changing new technology.
—Vox Staff, Vox, 6 Nov. 2024
Any answer produced by generative AI deserves your best kind of scrutiny.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Zoom in: Each Big Tech giant is building generative AI models, and many of them are using their customer data, in part, to train them.
—Ina Fried, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Generative AI.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/generative%20AI. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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