AI glossary / Using AI
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How 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.
Think of it as: The size of the AI's desk. A bigger desk holds more papers.
More words in Using AI
- 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.
- Few-shot promptingGiving the AI a few examples of what you want before asking for your own.
- GroundingTying an AI's answer to real sources, such as documents or web results, so it isn't working from memory alone.
- HallucinationWhen an AI confidently states something that is wrong or made up. It isn't lying. It's predicting words that sound right.