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

Enormous capital is flowing into using AI, large language models (LLMs) and robotics (registration required) to make manufacturing more productive. — R. Paul Singh, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Part of the reason may be that Grok, the company’s large language model, requires massive investment in GPUs, electricity, and other infrastructure to train and operate it. — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 19 July 2026

In addition to training large language models, data centers are also used to run generative AI queries. — Bridget Shirvell, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2026

These centers, which hold computer servers that process words, images and lines of code for large language models such as ChatGPT, also use high amounts of water and electricity. — Aaron Walayat, The Conversation, 16 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

2018, in the meaning defined above

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