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12 useful AI terms in plain English, with the full site glossary one click away when you need more.

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Artificial intelligence
Software designed to perform tasks that normally require human judgement, pattern recognition or decision-making.
Machine learning
AI systems that learn patterns from data rather than relying only on hand-written rules.
Large language model
A model trained on large amounts of text to predict and generate language.
Generative AI
AI that creates new text, images, audio, video or code from learned patterns.
AI agent
A system that can plan and take a sequence of actions towards a goal, often using tools.
Human in the loop
A workflow where a person reviews, approves or corrects important AI decisions.

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