#AI #GenerativeAI #GPAI #FoundationModel: "An emerging type of AI system is a âfoundation modelâ, sometimes called a âgeneral-purpose AIâ or âGPAIâ system. These are capable of a range of general tasks (such as text synthesis, image manipulation and audio generation). Notable example are OpenAIâs GPT-3 and GPT-4, foundation models that underpin the conversational chat agent ChatGPT.
Because foundation models can be built âon top ofâ to develop different applications for many purposes, this makes them difficult â but important â to regulate. When foundation models act as a base for a range of applications, any errors or issues at the foundation-model level may impact any applications built on top of (or âfine-tunedâ) from that foundation model.
As these technologies are capable of a wide range of general tasks, they differ from narrow AI systems (those that focus on a specific or limited task, for example, predictive text or image recognition) in two important respects: it can be harder to identify and foresee the ways they can benefit people and society, and it is also harder to predict when they can cause harm."
https://www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/resource/foundation-models-explainer/