Generative AI (GenAi) is a branch of artificial intelligence that can be used to create new content, such as text (i.e., a recipe, cover letter, poem, short story, summary, etc.), programming code, or artwork (i.e., mimicking a particular painter's style). GenAI uses algorithms to mimic human creativity and generate new materials based on existing content.
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OpenAI's ChatGPT is a type of generative AI. It uses algorithms and neural networks to learn patterns and relationships in data and generate new outputs based on that learning.
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