AI glossary / Using AI
Computer use
An AI operating a computer the way you do: looking at the screen, moving the mouse, clicking and typing.
More words in Using AI
- Context engineeringCarefully choosing what information, files and instructions to give an AI so it has what it needs and nothing that distracts it.
- Context rotWhen a conversation gets so long and cluttered that the AI's answers get worse. Starting a fresh chat usually fixes it.
- Context windowHow much the AI can keep in mind at once, including your conversation and any documents you share. Go past it and it starts forgetting the earliest parts.
- Custom instructionsStanding preferences you give an AI once, such as your job or preferred tone, so you don't repeat yourself every chat.
- Deep researchA mode where an assistant spends several minutes searching and reading many sources, then writes you a report with references.