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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Its chief investment vehicle is Humain, a homegrown company that is building out a full stack of data centers, cloud capabilities, large language models and applications.
—Tala Alrajjal, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2025
Intriguingly, the data show that the large language models and their precursors have been increasing in size faster than the hardware has kept up.
—Dina Genkina, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Oct. 2025
The chips will primarily be used for inferencing, a kind of querying of a large language model so a chatbot can generate an answer.
—Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Nvidia’s chips were used to train OpenAI’s GPTs, the large language models used in ChatGPT.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2025
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Tala Alrajjal, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2025
Intriguingly, the data show that the large language models and their precursors have been increasing in size faster than the hardware has kept up.
—Dina Genkina, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Oct. 2025
The chips will primarily be used for inferencing, a kind of querying of a large language model so a chatbot can generate an answer.
—Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Nvidia’s chips were used to train OpenAI’s GPTs, the large language models used in ChatGPT.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2025
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