What is generative AI and why is it so popular? Here’s everything you need to know

The term generative AI is causing a buzz because of the increasing popularity of generative AI programs, such as OpenAI's ChatGPT and DALL-E. The conversational chatbot and AI image generator both use generative AI to produce new content, including computer code, essays, emails, social media captions, images, poems, raps, and more within seconds, drawing in people's attention.  

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ChatGPT has become extremely popular, accumulating more than one million users a week after launching. Seeing this success, many other companies have decided to compete in the generative AI space, including Google, Microsoft's Bing, and Opera. The buzz around generative AI is sure to keep on growing as more companies race to join in and find new use cases.