Concept explainer
What is Generative AI?
In 30 seconds
Generative AI creates new content (text, images, summaries, code) based on patterns it learned from large amounts of data.
Think of it like...
An extremely well-read writer who can draft anything quickly, and who will sometimes sound completely sure about something that's wrong.
Where it helps
First drafts, summaries, translation, internal assistants, brainstorming.
Where it goes wrong
Facts, figures and anything that must be exactly right. It can produce confident errors (often called "hallucinations").
Try this
Ask an AI tool to summarise a document you know well. Check what it got right and wrong. That's the best education.