Generative AI & language models
AI model
Definition
A mathematical system trained on data to perform tasks such as writing, translating, or classifying.
Visual example

Trained chef = AI model
The kitchen connection
Think of a trained chef.
The illustration connects the AI idea to something familiar. Follow the subject, the action, and the result to see how it works.
- 01 · Who or what
- Trained chef = AI model
- 02 · What happens
- Uses patterns learned from data
- 03 · The result
- Performs one kind of task
Why it matters
It is the trained engine behind an AI tool. Examples include OpenAI's Sol and Astra (used in ChatGPT Work) and Anthropic's Claude Opus and Claude Fable.