Artificial intelligence (AI)
What is Artificial intelligence (AI)? Artificial intelligence (AI) is a broad field of computer science dedicated to building systems that can perform tasks normally requiring human intelligence, such as learning, reasoning, problem-solving, perception, and decision-making. Artificial intelligence (AI) encompasses systems…
GPT (Custom AI Assistant)
In the context of ChatGPT, a GPT is a user-created, customized version of the AI model that has been tailored for a specific task, role, or set of knowledge. A GPT, often called a “custom GPT,” is a specialized AI…
Gem (Custom AI Assistant)
What is a Gem? (Custom AI Assistant) A Gem is Google’s version of a custom AI assistant, allowing users to create a personalized and reusable version of the Gemini model for specific tasks. Similar to OpenAI’s GPTs, a Gem is…
System Prompt
What is a System Prompt? A system prompt is a set of core instructions given to an AI model that defines its persona, rules, and constraints before it ever interacts with a user’s prompt. The system prompt is the foundational,…
Custom Instructions
What are Custom Instructions? Custom Instructions are a feature in ChatGPT that allows you to save specific information and guidelines that the AI will remember and apply across all of your future conversations. Custom Instructions act as a permanent memory…
Claude Projects
What are Claude Projects? Claude Projects are a feature from the AI company Anthropic that allows users to create persistent, context-aware workspaces where the AI assistant, Claude, can handle complex, multi-step tasks. Unlike single-chat sessions, a “Project” in Claude acts…
Prompt Chaining
What is Prompt Chaining? Prompt chaining is the technique of breaking down a complex task into a series of smaller, interconnected prompts where the output of one prompt becomes the input for the next. Prompt Chaining is a structured method…
PIPEDA
What is PIPEDA? PIPEDA (Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act) is the Canadian federal privacy law that governs how private-sector organizations collect, use, and disclose personal information in the course of commercial activities. The Personal Information Protection and Electronic…
Zero-Shot Prompting
What is Zero-Shot Prompting? Zero-shot prompting is the technique of asking a large language model to perform a task that it has not been explicitly trained to do, without providing it with any examples first. This ability is one of…
Token
What is a Token? A token is the basic unit of text that a large language model uses to process and generate language. In the context of artificial intelligence, a token is a piece of a word. Large Language Models…