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title: "Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI)"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/glossary/generative-artificial-intelligence-genai"
type: "defined_term"
site: "AI Law Framework"
checked: "2026-10-10"
---

# Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI)

> a subset of AI that refers to a system that enables the user to generate new content such as text, images, sound and code, in response to a question or instructions (a prompt).

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Checked: 2026-10-10

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a subset of AI that refers to a system that enables the user to generate new content such as text, images, sound and code, in response to a question or instructions (a prompt).

Source: [FCFCOA Practice Direction PD-AI, para 2.1](https://www.fcfcoa.gov.au/pd/pd-ai) (checked 2026-10-10)

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