TechCrunch Compiles Generative AI Glossary to Explain Key Industry Terms

As generative AI rapidly spreads across the technology and financial sectors, terms such as LLMs, AI agents, hallucinations and inference frequently appear in product launches, corporate investment and regulatory debates. TechCrunch has compiled a glossary to give nontechnical readers a shared vocabulary and help them understand the basic context and differing risks covered in industry reporting.

TechCrunch’s latest guide explains how LLMs generate text, how AI agents perform tasks autonomously, how hallucinations produce false outputs and how systems respond to users during inference. The available event data provides no publication date, update time or related financial figures for the guide. Its focus is on making technical material more accessible, rather than announcing an investment or product transaction.