AI & models
Temperature
A dial that controls how random or creative the model's output is. Turn it low and the model plays it safe — focused, predictable, likely to give the same answer twice. Turn it high and it gets more varied and surprising, reaching for less obvious wording and ideas.
Why it matters
Part of How AI actually works → Keep it low when you want correctness and consistency — code, facts, data — and nudge it higher for brainstorming, naming, or writing where you want range and a few unexpected options.