{"id":211458,"date":"2026-05-09T17:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T21:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/09\/so-youve-heard-these-ai-terms-and-nodded-along-lets-fix-that\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T17:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T21:50:10","slug":"so-youve-heard-these-ai-terms-and-nodded-along-lets-fix-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/09\/so-youve-heard-these-ai-terms-and-nodded-along-lets-fix-that\/","title":{"rendered":"So you&#8217;ve heard these AI terms and nodded along; let&#8217;s fix that"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/05\/09\/artificial-intelligence-definition-glossary-hallucinations-guide-to-common-ai-terms\/\">So you&#8217;ve heard these AI terms and nodded along; let&#8217;s fix that<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/05\/09\/artificial-intelligence-definition-glossary-hallucinations-guide-to-common-ai-terms\/\">https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/05\/09\/artificial-intelligence-definition-glossary-hallucinations-guide-to-common-ai-terms\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-09 17:45:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"techcrunch.com\">techcrunch.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the world and introducing new terms that can make even skilled professionals feel uncertain.<\/li>\n<li>A glossary is introduced to help clarify these unfamiliar terms and will be updated as the field evolves.<\/li>\n<li>Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) aims to create AI more capable than average humans in many tasks.<\/li>\n<li>An AI agent can perform a series of tasks autonomously, such as filing expenses or booking reservations, although the infrastructure is still developing.<\/li>\n<li>API endpoints are like &#8216;buttons&#8217; that enable applications to interact and automate processes independently.<\/li>\n<li>Chain-of-thought reasoning is a method used in large language models to break down complex problems into manageable steps for better accuracy.<\/li>\n<li>Coding agents are specialized AI agents that handle writing, testing, and debugging code autonomously.<\/li>\n<li>Compute refers to the computational power provided by hardware like GPUs and CPUs that drives AI operations.<\/li>\n<li>Deep learning is a subset of machine learning that uses multi-layered neural networks to make complex correlations and improve on its own outputs.<\/li>\n<li>Diffusion systems in AI models aim to learn how to restore data from noise, enabling data generation applications.<\/li>\n<li>Distillation is a technique used to train smaller AI models based on larger ones, enabling efficiency while retaining most of the knowledge.<\/li>\n<li>Fine-tuning is the process of further training an AI model on specialty data to optimize it for specific tasks.<\/li>\n<li>Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) involve two competing neural networks that optimize AI outputs to be more realistic.<\/li>\n<li>Hallucination refers to AI fabricating incorrect information, posing risks to AI quality and safety.<\/li>\n<li>Inference is the AI process of making predictions or conclusions from previously learned data.<\/li>\n<li>Large language models (LLMs) process natural language inputs to generate responses, used in popular AI assistants.<\/li>\n<li>Memory cache improves inference through caching, reducing the computational effort needed for repetitive tasks.<\/li>\n<li>Neural networks are the algorithmic structures underlying AI capabilities, inspired by the human brain&#8217;s pathway connections.<\/li>\n<li>Open source refers to publicly available AI models or code, fostering global collaboration and progress.<\/li>\n<li>Parallelization in AI denotes the ability to perform multiple tasks simultaneously, enabling more complex models.<\/li>\n<li>RAMageddon refers to the shortage and increasing cost of RAM chips, affecting various tech industries because of AI\u2019s growing needs.<\/li>\n<li>Reinforcement learning trains AI through rewards for correct actions, letting AI models learn and adapt on their own.<\/li>\n<li>Tokens are the basic units of text that AI language models break down language into for processing, influencing cost in enterprise AI use.<\/li>\n<li>Training in AI involves feeding data into the model to learn patterns and generate useful outputs through iterative adjustments.<\/li>\n<li>Transfer learning leverages previously trained models to develop new models for related tasks, saving resource and time.<\/li>\n<li>Weights in AI training dictate the importance of different features, shaping model outputs by adjusting their influence through training.<\/li>\n<li>Validation loss measures an AI model\u2019s learning effectiveness during training, helping identify issues like overfitting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So you&#8217;ve heard these AI terms and nodded along; 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