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artificial intelligence (AI)

1. n. [Digital]

Artificial intelligence is a computer system that simulates human intelligence.

AI can take many forms, including:

  • Predictive AI (also known as machine learning)—uses data to make forecasts or classifications.
  • Generative AI—creates new content such as text, images, or code.
  • Agentic AI—acts autonomously to plan and execute tasks to achieve goals.

Relevance to business: AI is used in automation, decision making, and predictive analytics solutions. It can increase business efficiency, help reduce cost, improve the speed and quality of decision making, and increase a company’s competitive advantage.