Glossary: opaque recurrence and other AI terms

TechCrunch published a glossary of AI terms explaining concepts such as AGI, AI agents, API endpoints and the recently discussed "opaque recurrence," a reasoning technique in OpenAI's Astra model. The glossary will be updated as the field evolves.

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