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 modelsCade Metz
abbreviation LLM

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Hundreds of millions of people are using its generative AI tools each week, so people are beginning to tap into the power of these generative pre-trained transformers (GPT) and large language models (LLMs). Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 Feb. 2026 The company released its large language model, Claude, in 2023. Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2026 None of this implies that large language models should be rejected. Walter Quattrociocchi, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2026 India also has various languages such as Hindi and Punjabi which Mistral said its large language models are able to accommodate. Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for large language model

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2018, in the meaning defined above

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