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

The use of generative AI to create images of celebrities or social media personas promoting fraudulent activity. —Davey Winder, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024

In mapping the relationships between words and images, and then forecasting what should logically follow in a sequence of text or pixels, generative AI seems to have demonstrated the ability to understand content. —Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 6 Dec. 2024

The rise of generative AI has dramatically increased expectations for U.S. power consumption in the coming years because the technology is underpinned by an energy-intensive computing process, requiring more data centers where that computing takes place. —Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2024

The company is targeting its new $200 monthly subscription at those using OpenAI’s generative AI model for more technical work. —Reece Rogers, WIRED, 5 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

2012, in the meaning defined above