AI glossary / Tools and products

API

Tools and products, also called Application programming interface

A way for one piece of software to talk to another. It's how apps plug an AI model into their own product.

Think of it as: A waiter carrying orders between you and the kitchen.

More words in Tools and products

• Apple IntelligenceApple's name for the AI features built into iPhones, iPads and Macs.
• AvatarA digital character, often lifelike, that can speak words you type. Used in training videos and marketing.
• ChatGPTOpenAI's chatbot, and the product that brought this kind of AI to the general public in late 2022.
• ClaudeThe AI assistant made by the company Anthropic.
• ConnectorA ready-made link between an AI assistant and another app, such as your email, calendar or files.