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Model

n. Foundations 2023

The trained AI system itself: the file of learned parameters that takes an input and produces an output. Apps like chatbots are products built around a model.

“Same app, but they switched the model underneath and the answers got sharper.”

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One of the Essentials

Model is one of 20 Essential terms: the words you need to follow a news story or a work meeting about AI. It entered common use around 2023.