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

An enablement layer was also built to provide secure, flexible access to multiple large language models while enforcing consistent governance and risk protocols. —Peter High, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025

In December 2023 the agency advertised a fellowship for a researcher to develop large language models for internal use. —Zoë Schiffer, Wired News, 7 May 2025

Lawyers across the country have reportedly used these large language models to help draft legal filings and collect information. —Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 7 May 2025

What’s your relationship like with these large language models? —Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 1 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

2019, in the meaning defined above

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