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

Google Cloud and Accenture are teaming up on the latest bet that forward-deployed engineers are key to unlocking business value from generative AI, the WSJ Leadership Institute’s Isabelle Bousquette reports.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Nvidia is the key company behind the generative AI frenzy that has catapulted it to become the world's most valuable publicly traded company.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

Publishers have taken varied approaches to the rise of generative AI, in some cases making licensing deals with tech companies, and in other cases suing to protect their intellectual property.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 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

Many creators oppose AI because it could replace humans and was built using the unauthorized scraping of creative works used to train generative AI video and image models.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

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