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# Grounded Generation
For AI agents: docs.octen.ai/capabilities/grounded-generation.md
Generation models create from training data, and anything outside it suffers. Something real, such as a product, a place, or an event, drifts from the facts. Anything that appeared after training is simply unknown to the model. An unfamiliar subject or a specific action comes out invented rather than accurate.
Octen Grounded Generation searches first: it retrieves the text, images, and videos that show the subject, then generates images and videos grounded in that material. With real references to work from, the output is simply better.
In invite-only beta. Email [support@octen.ai](mailto:support@octen.ai) to request access.
## Why Grounded Generation
* **Faithful to the real thing.** Generation is anchored to retrieved web references, so real subjects look like themselves.
* **Current by default.** References come from live search, so generated visuals reflect how things look now, not at training time.
* **One step from prompt to visual.** Search and generation run as a single workflow, with no retrieval pipeline to build on your side.
## How It Works
1. Send a generation prompt.
2. Octen searches the web for the text, images, and videos relevant to the prompt.
3. A generation model creates images or videos grounded in the retrieved references.
## Scenarios
### Fact-grounded visuals
Visuals of real subjects, such as products, places, or events, generated from real web references instead of the model's memory.
### Illustrated explainers
Turn an answer, article, or topic into supporting images or videos grounded in what the web actually shows.
## Next Steps
Email [support@octen.ai](mailto:support@octen.ai) to join the invite-only beta.
Run Grounded Generation live in the Octen console.