The simplest definition is that training is about learning something, and inference is applying what has been learned to make predictions, generate answers and create original content. However, ...

A significant shift is under way in artificial intelligence, and it has huge implications for technology companies big and small. For the past half-decade, most of the focus in AI has been on training ...

The part of an AI system that generates answers. The inference engine is the software people interact with when they ask ChatGPT, Grok or Gemini a question. Inference engines rely entirely on and give ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the economics of AI. When OpenAI’s ChatGPT first exploded onto the scene in late 2022, it sparked a global obsession ...