Technical
Data-in
Information entered into GenAI systems (prompts, documents).
Definition
Any information, including user prompts, uploaded documents or contextual data, that a user inputs into a GenAI system; the guidance highlights Data-in as a primary risk vector for exposure of classified, personal, commercial or sensitive information to external providers or models.
Related Terms
Data-out
Outputs produced by GenAI systems (answers, summaries, code, images)....
Prompt/input data
Data provided by users during service use....
inputs
User‑provided prompts, images, voice samples, and other use/training data....
Runtime inputs
Inputs provided to a model during operation (prompts or user data)....
Generative AI (GenAI)
AI that produces new content like text, images or code....