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

Services such as Amazon SageMaker, Amazon Bedrock, and Amazon Bedrock AgentCore enable organisations to test and select the right large language models, optimise for price and performance, and deploy generative AI applications or autonomous agents at enterprise scale. —CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026

User-facing large language models like Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini have been trained to roleplay as a particular character—as a helpful, harmless assistant. —Tharin Pillay, Time, 22 Jan. 2026

Almost immediately after large language models went mainstream, manuscripts started pouring into journal inboxes in unprecedented numbers. —Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2026

This is readily undertaken via modern-era generative AI and large language models (LLMs). —Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

2018, in the meaning defined above

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