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

Apple announced new frameworks that will allow app developers to tap into Apple's AI on iPhones and Macs, called Apple Intelligence, as well as a new version of Siri called Siri AI that's based on large language models. —Kif Leswing, CNBC, 9 June 2026

Meteorologists and climate scientists are not yet being replaced by large language model prompt engineers. —ArsTechnica, 8 June 2026

For many boards and C-suite leaders, understanding how to gain the most value from large language models and agentic AI is now the single most important strategic challenge of the day. —Francesca Cassidy, Fortune, 8 June 2026

But a large language model does not lend itself to clean unit measurement. —James Broughel, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

2018, in the meaning defined above

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