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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Proliferation of large language models like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Anthropic’s Claude and Google’s Gemini has played a large part in AI traffic, which increased 187% from January to December 2025 according to the report.
—Lola Murti, CNBC, 26 Mar. 2026
Chatbots such as ChatGPT are large language models that were trained on vast quantities of text, images and videos from the internet.
—Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026
Micron manufactures the high-bandwidth memory chips needed to train and run large language models and other AI systems that have proliferated since the release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in late 2022.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 21 Mar. 2026
Because of that, large language models end up trained on all the bias baked into standardized human texts and ideas.
—Laura Aull, The Conversation, 20 Mar. 2026
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Lola Murti, CNBC, 26 Mar. 2026
Chatbots such as ChatGPT are large language models that were trained on vast quantities of text, images and videos from the internet.
—Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026
Micron manufactures the high-bandwidth memory chips needed to train and run large language models and other AI systems that have proliferated since the release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in late 2022.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 21 Mar. 2026
Because of that, large language models end up trained on all the bias baked into standardized human texts and ideas.
—Laura Aull, The Conversation, 20 Mar. 2026
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