neural network
noun
: a computer architecture in which a number of processors are interconnected in a manner suggestive of the connections between neurons in a human brain and which is able to learn by a process of trial and error
called also neural net
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It's not stored in the AI model's neural network, which remains unchanged between interactions.
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ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2025
Those fears were grounded in a fact about how neural networks, the basis of all of today’s most powerful AIs, are created.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 27 Aug. 2025
The underlying technology is built on neural networks that learn from billions of examples of speech paired with text.
—Lutz Finger, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Three years earlier, Google researchers introduced the transformer, a type of neural network that can analyze and reproduce mathematical patterns in text.
—Webb Wright, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2025
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ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2025
Those fears were grounded in a fact about how neural networks, the basis of all of today’s most powerful AIs, are created.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 27 Aug. 2025
The underlying technology is built on neural networks that learn from billions of examples of speech paired with text.
—Lutz Finger, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Three years earlier, Google researchers introduced the transformer, a type of neural network that can analyze and reproduce mathematical patterns in text.
—Webb Wright, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2025
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“Neural network.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/neural%20network. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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