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Artificial intelligence
What this means: A general term for systems that produce predictions, classifications, text, images, or audio. Many use models learned from data. In everyday use, it often means generative AI that produces suggestions based on the input it receives.
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Reviewed September 10, 2026
Also known as
AI, artificial intelligence
Explained in guides
- See how AI turns the information you give it into a suggestionTry AI with ready-made information, identify what you supplied and what the AI suggested in its response, and write your own decision with your own reasons.
- Where does AI appear in everyday life? — recognise the suggestion and decide for yourselfRecognise an AI suggestion in a familiar service, find out what it is based on and practise exercising your own control.