The following is the April 2, 2025, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, Generative Artificial Intelligence: Overview, Issues, and Considerations for Congress. From the report Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) refers to AI models, in particular those that use machine learning (ML) and are trained on large volumes of data, that are able to generate new content. In contrast, other AI models may have a primary goal of classifying data, such as facial recognition image data, or making decisions, such as those used in automated vehicles. GenAI, when prompted (often by a user inputting text), can create various outputs, including text,