# Generative AI

> AI that creates new content such as text, images, audio, video, code, or structured data.

- Category: Models & Training
- Stage: Established
- Also called: GenAI, Generative artificial intelligence
- Canonical: https://www.joelcsaji.com/ai-dictionary/generative-ai

## Plain English

It is AI that makes things, not just labels or predicts things.

## Example

A generative AI tool writes a product description from a few bullet points.

## Why it matters

This is the broad public umbrella for most modern AI tools, including chatbots, image generators, and coding assistants.

## Related

- [Foundation Model](https://www.joelcsaji.com/ai-dictionary/foundation-model)
- [LLM](https://www.joelcsaji.com/ai-dictionary/large-language-model)
- [Multimodal Model](https://www.joelcsaji.com/ai-dictionary/multimodal-model)

## Sources

- [Google Cloud Generative AI Glossary](https://docs.cloud.google.com/docs/generative-ai/glossary)
- [OpenAI: Text Generation](https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/text-generation)