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What Is Generative AI? How Does It Work?

readwrite, Thursday, March 7th, 2024

When people refer to artificial intelligence (AI) tools, they may be referring more specifically to generative AI which is exploding in popularity and usage.

What is generative AI?

Generative AI is a term used to encompass deep-learning language models that generate text, images, videos, and other content using external prompts. They use the datasets they learn from to create various forms of content, ranging from short poems to long articles.

The topic of generative AI came to the fore with the wide release of OpenAI's ChatGPT tool, bringing generative AI to the general public at large. While this might have been the first form of generative AI that many people had come into contact with, it certainly wasn't the only one to hit the market.

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