Generative AI is the category of AI that creates new content: text, code, images, and audio. If you are using ChatGPT to draft emails, Claude to analyze documents, or GitHub Copilot to write code, you are using generative AI. This section explains how these tools work under the hood and how to get more out of them.<\/p>\n
The most important concept here is the large language model (LLM), which is the engine inside every major AI chatbot. Understanding how LLMs work helps you write better prompts, understand why AI sometimes hallucinates, and evaluate which model fits your use case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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