Ch.14 AI Fundamentals, Generative AI and Prompt Literacy AI
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What distinguishes generative AI from many older AI tools?

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Generative AI outputs new content, not verified facts

Generative AI creates new text, images, audio, code, or video, but outputs are not automatically true or accurate.

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