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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Like a large language model, Trump takes in preëxisting work and uses it to create his own meaningless content.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2025
So Israeli officers created the large language model in the first few months of the war and built a chatbot to run queries in Arabic.
—Sheera Frenkel, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
In addition, tweaking input data for the large language model (LLM) that powers such an AI can throw a monkey wrench into its responses.
—PC Magazine, 25 Apr. 2025
Extract common pain points through large language models to identify product opportunities.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2025
So Israeli officers created the large language model in the first few months of the war and built a chatbot to run queries in Arabic.
—Sheera Frenkel, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
In addition, tweaking input data for the large language model (LLM) that powers such an AI can throw a monkey wrench into its responses.
—PC Magazine, 25 Apr. 2025
Extract common pain points through large language models to identify product opportunities.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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