generative AI

American  

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

noun

Computers.

1. 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.

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Etymology

Origin of generative AI

First recorded in 1990–95

Example Sentences

What I understand is that it’ll basically be, at the release level, some kind of flag that this release has used generative AI.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026

Anthropic’s Claude AI offers free and paid generative AI chatbot services for users, with the amount of computing power increasing with the cost of each plan.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026

International generative AI tools have become difficult to access from Russia, and many have struggled to create such content themselves - turning instead to AI creators like Katya Jin and Anna Korableva.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026

With AI infrastructure stocks up so much since the advent of generative AI, we have frequently seen marked selloffs around specific events as investors wonder if the “cycle is about to roll over.”

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

These approaches are broadly similar in spirit to the techniques behind modern generative AI systems and large language models.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026