generative artificial intelligence

noun

A system that can produce images, sounds, videos, or text in response to user prompts.

Meanings

noungenerative artificial intelligence (countable and uncountable, plural generative artificial intelligences)

plural generative artificial intelligences

  1. countableuncountableartificial intelligenceA system that can produce images, sounds, videos, or text in response to user prompts.

    By the end of 2022, generative artificial intelligence had sucked all the hype out of the room.

    2023 June 6, Ian Bogost, “The Age of Goggles Has Arrived”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2023
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    No area has created more excitement than generative artificial intelligence, the term for technology that can generate text, images, sounds and other media in response to short prompts.

    2023 January 7, Erin Griffith, Cade Metz, “A New Area of A.I. Booms, Even Amid the Tech Gloom”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 26 Mar 2023

    Synonyms: genAI, generative AI, artificial intelligence, AI

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA system that can produce images, sounds, videos, or text in response to user prompts.

Translations

Catalan intel·ligència artificial generativa
  • intel·ligència artificial generativasystem
Chinese Mandarin 生成式人工智能, 生成式人工智慧
  • 生成式人工智能 (shēngchéngshì réngōng zhìnéng)system
  • 生成式人工智慧 (shēngchéngshì réngōng zhìhuì)system
Danish generativ kunstig intelligens
  • generativ kunstig intelligenssystem
Dutch generatieve kunstmatige intelligentie
  • generatieve kunstmatige intelligentiesystem
Finnish luova tekoäly, generatiivinen tekoäly
  • luova tekoälysystem
  • generatiivinen tekoälysystem
French intelligence artificielle générative
  • intelligence artificielle générativesystem
German generative künstliche Intelligenz
  • generative künstliche Intelligenzsystem
Icelandic spunagreind, skapandi gervigreind
  • spunagreindsystem
  • skapandi gervigreindsystem
Irish intleacht shaorga ghiniúnaigh
  • intleacht shaorga ghiniúnaighsystem
Italian intelligenza artificiale generativa
  • intelligenza artificiale generativasystem
Japanese 生成人工知能, 生成型人工知能
  • 生成人工知能 (seisei jinkō chinō)system
  • 生成型人工知能 (seiseigata jinkō chinō)system
Korean 생성형 인공지능, 생성형인공지능
  • 생성형 인공지능 (saengseonghyeong in'gongjineung)system
  • 생성형인공지능 (saengseonghyeong'in'gongjineung)system
Norwegian generativ kunstig intelligens
  • generativ kunstig intelligenssystem
Polish generatywna sztuczna inteligencja
  • generatywna sztuczna inteligencjasystem
Portuguese inteligência artificial generativa
  • inteligência artificial generativasystem
Romanian inteligența artificială generativă
  • inteligența artificială generativăsystem
Spanish inteligencia artificial generativa
  • inteligencia artificial generativasystem
Swedish generativ artificiell intelligens
  • generativ artificiell intelligenssystem
Tamil ஆக்கமுறை செயற்கை நுண்ணறிவு
  • ஆக்கமுறை செயற்கை நுண்ணறிவு (ākkamuṟai ceyaṟkai nuṇṇaṟivu)system
Cite this entry
APA

generative artificial intelligence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/generative%20artificial%20intelligence

MLA

“generative artificial intelligence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/generative%20artificial%20intelligence. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “generative artificial intelligence,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/generative%20artificial%20intelligence.

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