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 large language models that underpin artificial intelligence require vast quantities of data to improve.
—NPR, 7 Nov. 2025
Roughly 2,000 people are building AI systems; about 150,000 employees use large language models every week on internal documents; and the bank has hundreds of use cases running, from fraud detection to legal review, reconciliations, and marketing optimization.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
Sherman takes existing large language models and codes the interface or front end to apply to the homebuying process.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2025
In a similar vein, Timnit Gebru, a computer scientist writing during her time working at Google, warned of the dangers of large language models acting as stochastic parrots, which repeat language patterns without understanding, and in doing so replicate the biases embedded in their training data.
—Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
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NPR, 7 Nov. 2025
Roughly 2,000 people are building AI systems; about 150,000 employees use large language models every week on internal documents; and the bank has hundreds of use cases running, from fraud detection to legal review, reconciliations, and marketing optimization.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
Sherman takes existing large language models and codes the interface or front end to apply to the homebuying process.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2025
In a similar vein, Timnit Gebru, a computer scientist writing during her time working at Google, warned of the dangers of large language models acting as stochastic parrots, which repeat language patterns without understanding, and in doing so replicate the biases embedded in their training data.
—Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
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