large language model
noun
plural large language models
: a language model that utilizes deep (see deep entry 1 sense 8) methods on an extremely large data set as a basis for predicting and constructing natural-sounding text
GPT-3 was a large language model built by OpenAI that could write impressively human-like poems, sonnets, jokes, and even code samples.—
Dale Markowitz
Dale MarkowitzAbout five years ago, companies like Google, Microsoft and OpenAI began building neural networks that learned from huge amounts of digital text called large language models …—Cade Metz
—abbreviation LLM
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The extrajudicial caper had somehow involved Claude, Anthropic’s large language model.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2026
Details of each arrest were extracted from the summary using image recognition and a large language model, including the address where the arrest occurred, each charge and if the person is not authorized to be in the United States.
—Wendi C. Thomas, ProPublica, 15 Apr. 2026
Tech insiders and other experts subsequently freaked out over the potential for the large language model to upend cybersecurity, but one 25-year industry veteran is skeptical.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2026
In others, extensive chats with large language models such as ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini lead to novel proof strategies.
—Konstantin Kakaes, Quanta Magazine, 13 Apr. 2026
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2026
Details of each arrest were extracted from the summary using image recognition and a large language model, including the address where the arrest occurred, each charge and if the person is not authorized to be in the United States.
—Wendi C. Thomas, ProPublica, 15 Apr. 2026
Tech insiders and other experts subsequently freaked out over the potential for the large language model to upend cybersecurity, but one 25-year industry veteran is skeptical.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2026
In others, extensive chats with large language models such as ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini lead to novel proof strategies.
—Konstantin Kakaes, Quanta Magazine, 13 Apr. 2026
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