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
Dale MarkowitzAbout 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
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Now, decoupling supply chains are driving manufacturing growth in the West once more, electric vehicles and home heat pumps need to be plugged in, and the makers of AI’s large language models have ever-increasing power needs.
—Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Instead, even with its Gemini app now seeing more than 750 million monthly active users (MAUs), 100 million more than last quarter, and Gemini, the company's large language model, processing over 10 billion tokens per minute, Search usage broke a quarterly record.
—CNBC, 5 Feb. 2026
That was before OpenAI first released ChatGPT in late 2022, revealing the huge commercial potential of large language models that could help write emails, homework or computer code.
—Matt O’Brien, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
The large language model at the heart of the new Alexa, which Amazon positioned as a rival to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, was, according to former employees, far from state-of-the-art.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026
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Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Instead, even with its Gemini app now seeing more than 750 million monthly active users (MAUs), 100 million more than last quarter, and Gemini, the company's large language model, processing over 10 billion tokens per minute, Search usage broke a quarterly record.
—CNBC, 5 Feb. 2026
That was before OpenAI first released ChatGPT in late 2022, revealing the huge commercial potential of large language models that could help write emails, homework or computer code.
—Matt O’Brien, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
The large language model at the heart of the new Alexa, which Amazon positioned as a rival to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, was, according to former employees, far from state-of-the-art.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026
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“Large language model.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/large%20language%20model. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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