Generative Artificial Intelligence-Introduction, Evolution, and Applications
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https://doi.org/10.26438/ijcse/v13i11.6165Keywords:
Artificial Intelligence, AI, Generative Artificial Intelligence, GenAIAbstract
Recent advances in GenAI have significantly changed the way the contents like text, visuals, audios, and videos are created. Due to this unique ability to create new data instances, this technology is rapidly growing and leading to diverse and interesting applications across different fields such as arts, commerce, business, education, finance, design, architecture, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, media, entertainment, software development, and communications. As a result, this innovation opens up a world of new possibilities. Although, significant advancements, some concerns still persist including hallucinations, security risks, data privacy, ethical challenges, regulatory compliance, and IPR issues. In this paper, an attempt is made to understand the concept GenAI, its evolution, applications, challenges, ethical implications and finally conclusion.
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