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Generative AI (GenAI)

Generative AI is a category of machine learning models that generate new data such as text, code, images, or audio from learned statistical patterns, and it matters in enterprises for content automation, software development support, synthetic data, and knowledge-centric applications.

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325 companies
Most covered: Aviz Networks, Nvidia, Capgemini

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