— Concepts
Generative AI
Umbrella term for AI that creates new content — text, code, images, audio, video.
Also known as: GenAI
What is Generative AI?
Generative AI (GenAI) covers any AI system that produces novel output: text (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini), images (Midjourney, DALL·E, Stable Diffusion), audio (ElevenLabs, Suno), video (Sora, Veo, Runway), code (Copilot, Cursor). The category exploded in 2022-2026 and is now the dominant business AI category. Most enterprise 'AI strategy' in 2026 is, in practice, GenAI strategy.
— Related
Terms connected to Generative AI
Models
LLM (Large Language Model)
An AI model trained on huge amounts of text that can understand and generate human language.
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Image Generation
AI models that create images from text prompts — Midjourney, DALL·E, Stable Diffusion, Flux.
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Video Generation
AI models that produce video from text or images — Sora, Veo, Runway, Pika.
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Applied AI
The practical use of AI tools to ship products and outcomes.
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