AI support systems that analyze

The same methods can also be used to create analysis tools that query datasets to generate some kind of inference. Here, the difference with summative tools is that information is not just represented in a useful fashion, it is open to interpretation before a human applies their own cognitive skillset. A CISO might use such a tool, for instance, to ask what network flow data might suggest about adversary intentions in a particular time period.

AI support systems that generate

Similarly, though distinct, some LLMs are deployed for generative purposes. This does not mean that AI is being deployed simply to create text or other multimedia outputs, rather, generative LLMs are those that can create statements inferred from the preceding analysis of data.

In other words, while some AI decision support systems are summative in their operation and yet others can define patterns in that underlying data, another set entirely is designed to take the final step towards translating inference into statements of position. For a CISO, this is akin to seeing data deployed for analysis leading to statements of policy regarding a specific development.