Glossary term
What is Grounding?
In Apex Flow Academy, "Grounding" means: Telling the assistant to answer only from text you supply, and to say so when the answer is not in that text. It is taught in ChatGPT and AI Assistants at Work and Build AI Agents and Workflows (No-Code). Related terms include Prompt card, Sycophancy, Net time saved and Percentage point.
- 2 courses teach it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is Grounding?
Telling the assistant to answer only from text you supply, and to say so when the answer is not in that text. (From ChatGPT and AI Assistants at Work. 1 other course defines it for their own subject, so each definition follows.)
What does Grounding mean in ChatGPT and AI Assistants at Work?
Telling the assistant to answer only from text you supply, and to say so when the answer is not in that text.
What does Grounding mean in Build AI Agents and Workflows (No-Code)?
Giving the model your own facts and telling it to use only those, so it admits gaps instead of inventing.
Where is Grounding taught?
Grounding is defined in ChatGPT and AI Assistants at Work and Build AI Agents and Workflows (No-Code).
ChatGPT and AI Assistants at WorkBuild AI Agents and Workflows (No-Code)
Which terms are related to Grounding?
Next to Grounding in the course glossaries: Prompt card, Sycophancy, Net time saved, Percentage point, Baseline, Weighted average, Redaction, Hallucination, Validation and Prompt.
Prompt cardSycophancyNet time savedPercentage pointBaselineWeighted averageRedactionHallucinationValidationPrompt
The hard questions, answered straight
Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.
Do I need experience before I learn Grounding?
It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at beginner level:
- ChatGPT and AI Assistants at Work: No coding, statistics or earlier AI experience needed.
- Build AI Agents and Workflows (No-Code): Comfortable using email, a web browser, and a spreadsheet (rows and columns; formulas are not needed).