Generative AI is a family of models that learn the statistical structure of data (text, images, audio, code, etc.) and then sample from that learned distribution to create new content. These models are typically built with deep neural architectures such as transformers, diffusion models, and GANs, and can be conditioned on prompts, examples, or structured inputs. In applications, generative models are often combined with retrieval systems, tools, and business logic to ground outputs in real data and workflows. Effective use requires careful attention to safety, reliability, governance, and alignment with domain constraints.

The time-series pattern focuses on modeling data that is indexed by time to capture temporal dependencies, trends, and seasonality. It uses statistical, machine learning, and increasingly foundation-model-based approaches to forecast future values, detect anomalies, and understand temporal patterns. Models typically leverage lagged values, rolling windows, temporal embeddings, and exogenous variables to learn how past and contextual signals influence future behavior. This pattern underpins operational forecasting, monitoring, and control in many data-driven systems.

Computer vision is an AI pattern where systems automatically interpret and act on visual data from images and video. Models perform tasks such as classification, detection, segmentation, tracking, OCR, and video understanding using deep neural networks and image processing. These models are integrated into applications to automate or augment tasks that previously required human visual inspection. Effective solutions combine data pipelines, model training, deployment, and monitoring tailored to the target environment (edge, mobile, cloud).