3 What is Generative AI?

Understanding what GenAI is can sometimes be confusing, but GenAI stems from the broader field of artificial intelligence (AI), which has been evolving for decades.

The Law Society (the independent professional body for solicitors in England and Wales) defines AI as the theory and development of computer systems which could perform tasks that usually require human intelligence (such as visual perception, speech recognition and decision-making). GenAI is a subcategory of AI that can generate novel outputs (text, image, audio or visual) based on large quantities of data (The Law Society, 2024).

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