gen AI

A form of generative AI — Generative artificial intelligence.

Meanings

noungen AI (countable and uncountable, plural gen AIs)

plural gen AIs · alternative genAI

  1. abbreviationclippingcountableuncountableClipping of generative AI.

    Your employee may have been able to write that report in record time thanks to gen AI, but now you or another one of their colleagues has to figure out whether it’s valuable, check sources, and spend time explaining to the employee why the report didn’t hit the mark.

    2026 March 2, Amy Gallo, “How AI Damages Work Relationships—and Where It Can Actually Help”, in Harvard Business Reviews, via EBSCOhost, page 4
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APA

gen AI. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gen%20AI

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gen AI,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gen%20AI.

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