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

Future updates could integrate large language models, enabling them to answer questions, provide route guidance, or support public safety education. —Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 6 Dec. 2025

Everyone around the table, including Charley, will look at her like a large language model just came shooting out of her brain. —Brian Moylan, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2025

The researchers also explored which kinds of AI chatbots were most effective, testing 17 different large language models including the most sophisticated models and simpler ones. —David Ingram, NBC news, 4 Dec. 2025

The researchers used a large language model for a bit of roleplay. —Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

2018, in the meaning defined above

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