as in exclusive
belonging to only one person, unit, or group and not used by or available to others
The restaurant's proprietary recipe for barbecue sauce is only known to the head chef.
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Through the partnership Citi also has access to Vertex AI, the enterprise version of Google’s proprietary Gemini AI, and other open source large language models (LLMs), including Gemma, Meta, and Mistral.
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Michael Del Castillo, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2024
That’s what Aesthetic is creating through its proprietary fashion AI/ML algorithm called Alma — which is part of Google Cloud’s artificial intelligence start-up program.
—Kanika Talwar, WWD, 28 Oct. 2024
Even when playing locally, console manufacturers either use proprietary wireless protocols or add custom enhancements on top of Bluetooth to deal with the latency problem.
—Eric Ravenscraft, WIRED, 27 Oct. 2024
Knowledge-As-A-Service: This is the layer where technologies like RAG databases can help turn data into knowledge and reduce the chance of hallucinations by double-checking LLM results against a high-quality set of proprietary data.
—Umesh Sachdev, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
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Michael Del Castillo, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2024
That’s what Aesthetic is creating through its proprietary fashion AI/ML algorithm called Alma — which is part of Google Cloud’s artificial intelligence start-up program.
—Kanika Talwar, WWD, 28 Oct. 2024
Even when playing locally, console manufacturers either use proprietary wireless protocols or add custom enhancements on top of Bluetooth to deal with the latency problem.
—Eric Ravenscraft, WIRED, 27 Oct. 2024
Knowledge-As-A-Service: This is the layer where technologies like RAG databases can help turn data into knowledge and reduce the chance of hallucinations by double-checking LLM results against a high-quality set of proprietary data.
—Umesh Sachdev, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Proprietary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proprietary. Accessed 7 Nov. 2024.
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