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The language of AI,
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A field guide to the words changing how we build, work and think—from token and transformer to AI agents and vibe coding.
488 terms
10 topics
1847–2026 timeline
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Latest update · October 2026
New in the AI Dictionary
Fresh language for the newest shifts in AI, explained without the jargon.
visual chain-of-thought
a multimodal AI reasoning method that uses visual information or intermediate visual representations, such as selected image regions, crops, sketches, diagrams, or generated images, across multiple steps instead of carrying out the whole reasoning process only in text
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CXL memory pooling
a server architecture that uses Compute Express Link to combine memory devices into a shared pool that can be allocated among hosts or accelerators, giving AI workloads access to more flexible capacity than the memory attached to one machine or GPU
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synthetic performer
a digitally created humanlike performer generated with AI that appears to act or present content but is not the recognizable replica of a particular real performer
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self-driving company
a company in which people set goals, exercise judgment, and remain accountable while AI agents independently carry out many of the operational steps needed to reach those goals
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