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

First, ‘the Analyzer’ employs a variety of large language models (LLMs) to define the work’s structural patterns and psychological values, or ‘BookDNA’. —Molly Flatt, Fortune Europe, 17 Apr. 2024

Together The breakthrough was made possible by recent advances in large language models (LLMs), the type of AI that underpins chatbots like ChatGPT. —Billy Perrigo, TIME, 15 Apr. 2024

Though Alibaba’s interest in AI expands far beyond its retail arm to large language models that could compete with the likes of Amazon and Microsoft, cofounder Jack Ma extolled the virtues of the technology, urging the company to continue to lean into AI hype. —Bysasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2024

Since July of last year, American military officials have been experimenting with large language models for military tasks, according to Bloomberg. —Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo, Quartz, 11 Apr. 2024

Artificial intelligence systems, which include large language models and question-and-answer bots like ChatGPT, can quickly synthesize information and automate tasks. —Rob Copeland, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2024

That’s not always a given with the responses produced by large language models, sometimes intentionally; Google has intentionally kept Gemini from answering questions related to the 2024 US election. —Emilia David, The Verge, 9 Apr. 2024

Thumbtack's director of product, Alexis Baird, says the new update also leverages Meta's Llama 2 large language models to better map your searches to professionals, who may use more precise terms and proper lingo in their profiles to showcase their expertise. —Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 2 Apr. 2024

By leveraging large language models – of the sort that power tools like ChatGPT – GE Appliances are finding new ways to delight customers. —Bernard Marr, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

2019, in the meaning defined above