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

Companies are increasingly relying on optical connections to piece together chips used to run and train large language models. — Samantha Subin, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2026

After being trained on massive sets of texts, large language models predict the next most likely words. — Roger Beaty, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2026

While powered by the same type of large language models as popular chatbots such as ChatGPT and Claude, these agents are designed to be much more proactive. — Marty Swant, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026

These large language models have entered our lives and become ubiquitous in such a short period of time, oozing their way into banking apps, email inboxes, online shopping, Zoom calls, search engines. — Sam Kestenbaum, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

2018, in the meaning defined above

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