by Amit Shekhar · 5 August 2026
What is Generative AI?
What Generative AI is. We will understand what the word "generate" actually means, how Generative AI is different from the older AI, how it learns from a huge amount of examples, how it creates something completely new, where we use it every day, and the limitations we must know.
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What this article covers
- What is Generative AI?
- Generative AI = Generative + AI
- What does "generate" mean here?
- How is Generative AI different from the old AI?
- How does Generative AI learn?
- How does Generative AI actually create something new?
- What can Generative AI create?
- What is a model in Generative AI?
- The complete flow of Generative AI
- Where do we use Generative AI every day?
- The limitations we must know
- Summary
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