generative AI
Meaning in software engineering, with examples
In software engineering, generative AI means: AI systems that create new content, such as text, images, audio, video or code, instead of only sorting inputs into classes or predicting values.
In Turkish: üretken yapay zeka
How it is used
Used for both the technology and the industry around it, and shortened to GenAI in business talk. Companies discuss generative AI features, use cases and policies, while engineers usually prefer more precise words such as LLM or diffusion model.
Example sentences
Legal asked us to write a generative AI policy before the tool goes live.
Most of our generative AI features are built on two external LLM providers.
Common collocations
- generative AI tools
- generative AI policy
- generative AI use case
- GenAI
Related terms
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