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What is generative artificial intelligence and how does it work?

A clear explanation of the models that generate text and images, what they can do and their limits.

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Generative artificial intelligence models learn patterns from large amounts of data and use them to produce new text, images or code.

They do not “think” like people: they work out the most likely continuation. That is why they can be confidently wrong, and results should always be checked.

In companies, these tools already help draft documents, summarise information or answer queries, always under human supervision and respecting data protection.

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