ANN — Artificial Neural Network
Definition: A model loosely inspired by biological neurons — layers of weighted connections that learn patterns from data. The substrate underneath nearly every modern AI system.
Example
Strip the marketing language and almost every "AI" product on the market is an ANN trained on someone else's data.
When you'll hear it
ANN shows up most often in AI strategy reviews, model evaluation discussions, and product roadmap meetings. When someone uses it, they're usually referring to artificial neural network — and they expect the room to already know what that means.
FAQs
What does ANN stand for?
ANN stands for Artificial Neural Network.
What does ANN mean in AI and machine-learning?
A model loosely inspired by biological neurons — layers of weighted connections that learn patterns from data. The substrate underneath nearly every modern AI system.
Where will I hear ANN used at work?
ANN comes up most often in AI strategy reviews, model evaluation discussions, and product roadmap meetings. It's used as shorthand for artificial neural network, so people assume you already know the term.