general-purpose
adjective
gen·er·al-pur·pose
ˈjen-rəl-ˈpər-pəs 
ˈje-nə-
: suitable to be used for two or more basic purposes
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One of the provisions of the new legislation is that general-purpose AI systems will be required to show how the content used for training their models respects European copyright law.
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Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Apr. 2024
But saying kids can’t buy what are essentially general-purpose computers would be quite a different matter.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2024
Two original general-purpose versions of Gemma were first released back in February.
—Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 10 Apr. 2024
Arguably, the current era of more affordable, general-purpose BEVs arrived with the Tesla Model 3 in 2018/2019, and then a whole slew of non-Tesla models arrived in 2020 and 2021.
—James Morris, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
But now it’s launched a general-purpose foundation model called Gr00t, short for Generalist Robot 00 Technology, which is intended to power humanoid robots.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2024
Brussels will create a stand-alone AI Office tasked with enforcing and supervising the law for general-purpose AI systems.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2024
So maybe take a year off in Tahiti and then use the general-purpose model.
—Bill Conerly, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
The Azure Maia Accelerator is built for AI applications, while the Azure Cobalt CPU is for general-purpose computing.
—Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 21 Feb. 2024
Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Apr. 2024
But saying kids can’t buy what are essentially general-purpose computers would be quite a different matter.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2024
Two original general-purpose versions of Gemma were first released back in February.
—Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 10 Apr. 2024
Arguably, the current era of more affordable, general-purpose BEVs arrived with the Tesla Model 3 in 2018/2019, and then a whole slew of non-Tesla models arrived in 2020 and 2021.
—James Morris, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
But now it’s launched a general-purpose foundation model called Gr00t, short for Generalist Robot 00 Technology, which is intended to power humanoid robots.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2024
Brussels will create a stand-alone AI Office tasked with enforcing and supervising the law for general-purpose AI systems.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2024
So maybe take a year off in Tahiti and then use the general-purpose model.
—Bill Conerly, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
The Azure Maia Accelerator is built for AI applications, while the Azure Cobalt CPU is for general-purpose computing.
—Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 21 Feb. 2024
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“General-purpose.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/general-purpose. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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