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

Companies have been hesitant to detail how they use generative AI in film production — partly because they are concerned about consumer and union backlash.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

For example, researchers asked seven widely used generative AI tools to give financial recommendations.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

On Wednesday, Elon Musk shared a video created by an X user via the social media platform’s integrated generative AI, Grok.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

The rapid growth of generative AI and large scale AI models has sharply increased the amount of computing power required by data centers and servers.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026

But it joins the multiple generative AI developers now selling computing power to others as the industry expands and high-end chips grow scarce.

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

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