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  AI

  noun

  artificial intelligence:
• ai
  ai

  noun

  a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.

AI

¹ American  

[ey-ahy] / ˈeɪˈaɪ /

Or A.I.

noun

1. artificial intelligence:

   1. the ability of a computer, robot, programmed device, or software application to perform operations and tasks analogous to human learning and decision making, such as recognizing speech and answering questions.

      The researchers used AI to detect patterns in patients' health data.

   2. a computer, robot, programmed device, or software application able to perform operations and tasks analogous to human learning and decision making, such as recognizing speech and answering questions.

      Help train an AI in London that needs your help in understanding the world.

   3. the branch of computer science involved with the design of computers, robots, programmed devices, and software applications able to perform operations and tasks analogous to human learning and decision making.

      Many of our students have gone on to produce important, high-profile research in AI.

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adjective

1. relating to or produced with the aid of a computer, robot, programmed device, or software application able to perform operations and tasks analogous to human learning and decision making.

   Growing demand for AI engineers requires more training programs.

   Fully integrating AI output into our work poses numerous challenges, despite the labor it promises to eventually save.

AI ² American  

Or A.I.

abbreviation

1. Amnesty International.

2. army intelligence.

3. artificial insemination.

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ai ³ American  

[ah-ee] / ˈɑ i /

noun

ais plural

1. a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.

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ai ⁴ American  

[ahy] / aɪ /

interjection

1. (used as an utterance of pity, pain, anguish, etc.)

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AI ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. artificial insemination

2. artificial intelligence

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ai ² British  

abbreviation

1. Anguilla

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ai ³ British  

/ ˈɑːɪ /

noun

1. the three-toed sloth See sloth

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AI Scientific  

1. Abbreviation of artificial insemination

2. Abbreviation of artificial intelligence

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• ais
  plural

Etymology

Origin of AI¹

First recorded in 1960–65

Origin of ai³

First recorded in 1685–95; from Portuguese aí, from Tupi a'í, probably of imitative origin

Example Sentences

In February, Canada joined a new €150 billion EU defense fund and launched the Sovereign Technology Alliance with Germany, to deepen collaboration on AI security and compute capacity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 8, 2026

Canada had the critical minerals needed by France, whose state-backed tech firms were taking early steps into the U.S.-dominated spheres of AI and quantum computing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 8, 2026

"I was very disappointed to find that they came last, especially since Europe has really...been a leader in AI safety," Max Tegmark, an MIT professor and Future of Life president, told AFP.

From Barron's • Jul. 7, 2026

For Mortimore, the most important question is whether the application layer of AI can generate enough returns to justify the enormous amounts of money pouring into the hardware layer.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 7, 2026

At a game like this, a gifted human player could always triumph over the game’s AI, because software couldn’t improvise.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

Related Words

• robotics