generative AI

[jen-er-uh-tiv ey-ahy, -uh-rey-tiv]

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of generative AI¹

First recorded in 1990–95

Example Sentences

Further, unlike generative AI chatbots, these humanoids must operate in the physical world and deal with changing light, temperature, humidity and other variables.

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Supporters of generative AI works have compared machine learning by computers to the way humans learn by reading, hearing and seeing previous works.

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Recently a song called “Walk My Walk” attributed to an entity called Breaking Rust, which was created by an obscure songwriter using generative AI, hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Digital Song Sales chart.

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It also set off a spending race among all the big tech companies seeking to carve out their own place in generative AI.

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Mental-health experts say this distress illustrates the emerging risks of generative AI that can simulate human speech and emotion.

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