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

About 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

Examples of large language model in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Since ChatGPT was released in late 2022, the bulk of the tech industry has reoriented itself to prioritize building out large language models in a race to reach artificial general intelligence, or AI with the capabilities that are on par with, or surpass, humans. —Jaures Yip,kif Leswing,annie Palmer,jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 22 Nov. 2025

All employees are encouraged to take four different courses, which take under 10 hours to complete and cover the basics of AI, how to write prompts, and the importance of utilizing the right data to train large language models that can produce the appropriate responses. —John Kell, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2025

Since the release of ChatGPT in late 2022, millions of people have started using large language models to access knowledge. —Shiri Melumad, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2025

In vibe coding, large language models do the heavy lifting on creating programming code. —Chad De Guzman, Time, 18 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

2018, in the meaning defined above

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