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

The promising versatility of state-of-the-art large language models (LLMs) can lure decision makers into an attempt to transform all workflows at once or launch a feature that promises to handle several vague use cases (e.g., generic chatbots) in a one-size-fits-all manner. —Yersultan Sapar, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025

Google may have finally found an application of large language models (LLMs) that even AI skeptics can get behind. —ArsTechnica, 16 Apr. 2025

Microsoft Research tested several top large language models (LLMs) and found that many come up short on common programming tasks. —Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 12 Apr. 2025

The robot also incorporates cutting-edge large language models that enable it to hold natural conversations with people. —Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, FOXNews.com, 12 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

2019, in the meaning defined above

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