generative AI

American

[jen-er-uh-tiv ey-ahy, -uh-rey-tiv] / ˈdʒɛn ər ə tɪv ˈeɪˈaɪ, -əˌreɪ tɪv /

noun

Computers.

artificial intelligence that is designed to process prompts from users and respond with text, images, audio, or other output that is modeled on a training data set.

Etymology

Origin of generative AI

First recorded in 1990–95

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generative AI

Rather than use generative AI to provide the correct answers, school systems would perform better if it were used to aid research and learning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Google Cloud and Accenture are the latest companies to bet that forward-deployed engineers are key to unlocking business value from generative AI.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Copyright has been a major battleground for the generative AI sector, with publishers, musicians and artists lawyering up or cutting deals to get paid for technology that is being built with their content.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

“If the policy is we’re not going to allow students use generative AI for the meantime, then we should publicize that,” Melvoin said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

Merlin plans to use generative AI, trained on thousands of hours of recorded exchanges, to interpret instructions and respond itself.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

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