Generative AI: A New Era of Algorithmic Creativity
Last Updated on July 25, 2023 by Editorial Team
Author(s): Patrick Meyer
Originally published on Towards AI.
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A novel approach to Artificial Intelligence called Generative AI has revolutionized content creation in various industries in recent years, and, during the last few months, making it important to understand how it works and what it can do for us. In this article, we will explore what Generative AI is, how it works globally, its applications through use cases, and the intellectual property surrounding training sets and generated media.
Generative AI can be defined in a general manner as machine learning and deep learning algorithms that use existing content to generate added content. This… Read the full blog for free on Medium.
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