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What is text generation?
Updated May 17, 2026
Short answer
Text generation produces human-like text using language models.
Deep explanation
It predicts next tokens based on probability distributions learned from large corpora using models like GPT.
Real-world example
Chatbots and content generation tools.
Common mistakes
- Ignoring hallucination risks.
Follow-up questions
- What is temperature in generation?
- How do you reduce hallucinations?