Generative AI is technology that creates content — including text, images, video and computer code — by identifying patterns in large quantities of training data, and then creating new, original material that has similar characteristics. Examples include ChatGPT for text and DALL-E and Midjourney for images.

- The New York Times, On Tech: Artificial Intelligence

Generative AI explainer. (n.d.). AI for Education. Retrieved January 17, 2024, from https://www.aiforeducation.io/ai-resources/generative-ai-explainer

Further (Light) Reading

Wikipedia - Generative artificial intelligence

The New York Times - Artificial intelligence glossary