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 ruling also opened the door for similar deals with large language model providers to bring AI services to Apple, which could improve the company’s so-far lackluster generative AI rollout.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
Users begin interacting obsessively with large language models (LLMs) and wind up engaged in dangerous misconceptions that the software continues to validate and encourage.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
If these companies are right that new robotics capabilities can emerge just by scaling video data (like large language models), then the effects on the labor market and the economy will be huge.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 30 Sep. 2025
Now iFLYTEK shows off its Spark large language model as an alternative to ChatGPT or China’s own DeepSeek, which was developed in Hangzhou in neighboring Zhejiang province.
—Matthew Tostevin, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
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Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
Users begin interacting obsessively with large language models (LLMs) and wind up engaged in dangerous misconceptions that the software continues to validate and encourage.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
If these companies are right that new robotics capabilities can emerge just by scaling video data (like large language models), then the effects on the labor market and the economy will be huge.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 30 Sep. 2025
Now iFLYTEK shows off its Spark large language model as an alternative to ChatGPT or China’s own DeepSeek, which was developed in Hangzhou in neighboring Zhejiang province.
—Matthew Tostevin, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
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