generative AI

noun

variants or less commonly generative artificial intelligence

: artificial intelligence (see artificial intelligence sense 2) that is capable of generating new content (such as images or text) in response to a submitted prompt (such as a query) by learning from a large reference database of examples

Generative AI is a computer tool that can create text that sounds like it was written by a human, based on a given starting point.

—Stephanie Sylvestre

In a departure from previous efforts, Therabot is powered by generative artificial intelligence, meaning it can use existing data and documentation to develop original actions and responses. Another example of generative AI is DALL-E 2, the popular program that can create images from user prompts.

—Sarah Sloat

Publishers hire armies of journalists to produce content. … These publishers will soon leverage generative AI to instantly create thousands of SEO-optimized articles …

—Lloyd Danzig

Examples of generative AI in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

As the race for generative AI heats up, Google’s Gemini model is in fierce competition with OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude, to name just a couple. —Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 23 Apr. 2024

Meta’s open source AI strategy has helped accelerate the current frenzy around generative AI. —Will Knight, WIRED, 19 Apr. 2024

Speaking to Fortune in December, IBM Consulting’s partner in generative AI, Matt Candy, said graduates with a background in the liberal arts could be a hot commodity in the tech labor market. —Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 19 Apr. 2024

Artificial intelligence—and generative AI, in particular—can be powerful instruments to boost office productivity, so long as people actually use them. —Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 18 Apr. 2024

This decoding process could become far easier, and more accurate, with the deployment of ever more powerful generative AI models. —Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 18 Apr. 2024

Few new technologies, however, have been quite as foundation-shaking as generative AI. —Paul Sweeting, Variety, 17 Apr. 2024

Users can also use generative AI to create personalized wallpaper and images with a text prompt. —Sarah Lord, PCMAG, 16 Apr. 2024

Not surprisingly, generative AI was the biggest focus, with Amazon also adding AI expert Andrew Ng to its board. —Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Apr. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

2012, in the meaning defined above