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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.
428 terms
10 topics
1847–2026 timeline
Latest update · October 2026
New in the AI Dictionary
Fresh language for the newest shifts in AI, explained without the jargon.
AI incident reporting
the structured disclosure of a harmful, dangerous, unauthorized, or otherwise significant event involving an AI system to regulators, affected organizations, users, industry partners, or the public
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AI control gap
the difference between the responsibility and risk created by deployed AI systems and an organization's actual ability to discover, observe, govern, restrict, audit, or stop those systems
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temporal consistency
the degree to which an AI-generated video preserves coherent identities, object appearance, spatial relationships, lighting, motion, and scene state across frames or shots
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physical AI deployment gap
the difference between what a robot or other physical AI system can demonstrate under controlled conditions and what it can perform reliably, safely, repeatedly, and economically in real-world deployment
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