Generative AI is a type of artificial intelligence (AI) that employs machine learning algorithms to recognize patterns and formulate output, such as text, images, music, or videos, based on prompts input by the user. These algorithms run on vast amounts of training data to create machine learning models, such as large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT. Generative AI can be used in innumerable ways from content creation to problem solving. 

ChatGPT (Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer) is, according to ChatGPT itself, “a computer program created by OpenAI that can understand and generate text like a human. It has been trained on a huge amount of text, so it can respond to questions and have conversations in a way that sounds natural. For example, if you ask ChatGPT a question, it will use what it has learned to generate a response that makes sense and is relevant to your question. This can make it easier and more enjoyable for people to communicate with technology.”

Here are a few select sources for more information:

• Mehan, J. E. (2022). Artificial intelligence: ethical, social, and security impacts for the present and the future.
• Nir Zicherman | Every - How AI Works
• Steve Seitz | Graphics in 5 minutes - Large Language Models from Scratch

Keep up to date by:

• Subscribing to newsletters or following blogs that cover generative AI-related news such as The Conversation or OpenAI's blog.
• Using OneSearch to find and read generative AI research papers and other scholarly publications.

It can be very difficult to keep track of all the new AI-powered tools and applications. The following directories can help you identify the latest releases. 

• AI Library by Phygital+
• There's An AI For That (TAAFT)
• AI Tools Directory
• Futurepedia
• Generative AI Product Tracker from Ithaka S+R