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

Eventually, the Pirates of the Caribbean director theorized, AI would run into learning limitations, with large language models having to be trained on previous iterations of AI outputs and consequently regurgitating a worse product. —Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 15 Nov. 2025

These include imaging, large language models, and scientific simulations. —Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 14 Nov. 2025

Webflow now uses large language model applications to automate those queries, freeing his team for higher-value work. —Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2025

Many tech companies have leveraged the recent surge in large language models for language translation. —PC Magazine, 11 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

2018, in the meaning defined above

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