Archive · 14 Sep 2026

AI Vocabulary Evolves as Frontier Models Become More Capable

AI Vocabulary Evolves as Frontier Models Become More Capable

The words people use to talk about artificial intelligence are changing quickly.

This is happening because AI systems are becoming more capable.

People once often discussed large language models, hallucinations, prompt engineering and generative AI.

Now, new words are becoming important in conversations about advanced AI.

Some of these words were used by researchers for years.

They are becoming more useful as real AI systems begin to approach ideas that were once mostly theoretical.

Other terms came from recent work by Anthropic and OpenAI.

The excerpt says five terms will likely become more common, but it does not list them.

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