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AI for managers and front offices

Enough to chair the meeting, ask the right question, and know what must not be pasted into a chat box.

10 terms · about 18 minutes · written with managers & front offices in mind

Start with Generative AI

  1. Generative AI

    A type of AI that produces new content such as text, images, audio or video from patterns learned from many examples.

    AI Foundations · Starter

  2. AI assistant

    Software that uses AI to help with tasks by taking instructions, sometimes using connected tools, and returning a draft, answer or proposed action for a person to review.

    AI Agents and Automation · Starter

  3. Prompt

    The text, image or other input that guides a model on what kind of output to produce next.

    Large Language Models · Starter

  4. Hallucination

    A generated answer that sounds plausible but includes false, unsupported or invented details.

    Large Language Models · Starter

  5. Human oversight

    Human oversight is the processes that let people monitor AI use, review its outputs and effects, and intervene when needed.

    Responsible AI, Human Rights and Safety · Starter

  6. Confidentiality

    Confidentiality means limiting access to information so only authorised people can see, use or share it for a legitimate purpose.

    Responsible AI, Human Rights and Safety · Starter

  7. Shadow AI

    Use of AI tools outside approved organisational processes, especially where data, security, legal or oversight rules are bypassed.

    AI Security · Starter

  8. Automation bias

    The tendency to trust a system’s output too much and miss errors that a careful human review might have caught.

    Responsible AI, Human Rights and Safety · Intermediate

  9. Cost per token

    The price charged for each small piece of text a model processes or generates, usually counted separately for input and output.

    Data and Infrastructure · Starter

  10. Deployment

    Deployment means putting an AI system into real use so people or software can send it live inputs and receive live outputs.

    Data and Infrastructure · Starter