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Understand how applications send instructions to models and handle production API behavior.
Application vs Model
The application is the product users interact with; the model is one AI engine used inside it.
Think of it like
Think of Application vs Model like a restaurant or service desk: the request must reach the right endpoint in the right format and the response must be handled safely.
Real life
Web applications use concepts such as Application vs Model to communicate with external services.
SRE lens
ChatGPT-like UI behavior is not the same thing as the underlying model’s raw API.
Remember thisThe application is the product users interact with; the model is one AI engine used inside it.