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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As large language models like OpenAI’s GPT-3 and GPT-4 exploded onto the scene, students and teaching assistants alike began questioning whether assessments ought to be handled differently.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
Algorithms, specifically the design of large language models (LLMs), are also controlled by tech behemoths like Google, OpenAI, and Meta.
—Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Three authors — Andrea Bartz, Charles Graeber, and Kirk Wallace Johnson — sued Anthropic last year, alleging that the company had stolen hundreds of thousands of books to develop Claude, its flagship large language model (and also the name of its AI chatbot).
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
Nevertheless, the research shows how open-source large language models could unleash new forms of disturbing and powerful ransomware attacks.
—PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
Algorithms, specifically the design of large language models (LLMs), are also controlled by tech behemoths like Google, OpenAI, and Meta.
—Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Three authors — Andrea Bartz, Charles Graeber, and Kirk Wallace Johnson — sued Anthropic last year, alleging that the company had stolen hundreds of thousands of books to develop Claude, its flagship large language model (and also the name of its AI chatbot).
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
Nevertheless, the research shows how open-source large language models could unleash new forms of disturbing and powerful ransomware attacks.
—PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025
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