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

Along with Cengage, an education technology provider, the publisher claims the tech giant copied content from Hachette books and Cengage textbooks to train its large language model, Gemini, without asking permission. —Francesca Cassidy, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2026

Its graphics processing units, or GPUs — particularly the advanced Blackwell architecture and upcoming Rubin processors — deliver unmatched performance in training neural networks and powering large language models. —Scott Nations, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2026

Put simply, tech executives claim that the large language models behind tools like Copilot are the most important development since the Industrial Revolution. —Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 8 Apr. 2026

OpenClaw is a free, open-source AI agent tool that can execute tasks using third-party large language models (LLMs) such as Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, or Google Gemini. —Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 6 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

2018, in the meaning defined above

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