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IA en un minutoGlossary

The words of AI, in one minute

What the 9 terms that come up most in the news mean, explained in three or four sentences.

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A

AI agent
An AI program that does not just answer: it carries out multi-step tasks on its own.

E

Exploit
A program or technique that takes advantage of a security flaw to attack a system.

F

Frontier model
The most advanced AI models of the moment, the ones that set the limit of what can be done.

L

Language model
The engine behind tools such as ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini: a program trained on huge amounts of text to understand and write.

M

MCP
The open standard for connecting AI applications to external services and data.

O

Open model
An AI model that anyone can download, run on their own equipment and modify.

P

Prompt injection
Hidden text that tries to make an AI do something its user has not asked for.

S

Sandbox
A closed space where a program or an agent is tested without being able to touch anything outside.

T

Token
The piece of text an AI model works with, and the unit used to charge for its use.