Business
API
A doorway that lets other software talk to an AI model.
An API, short for application programming interface, is the standard way one piece of software plugs into another. For AI, it means a company can build the model into their own app or website and send it requests automatically, without a person typing into a chat box. It is how AI gets woven invisibly into the products you already use.
For example
A travel website uses an AI company's API so its chat helper can answer questions right on the page.
Related
Tokens as costYou usually pay for AI by the token, for both what goes in and comes out.Rate limitsA cap on how many requests you can send an AI in a given time.On-device AIAI that runs right on your phone or laptop instead of a distant server.Sovereign AIA country building and controlling its own AI within its borders.