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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Regardless, as a result, large language models that otherwise would be relegated to the cloud can run locally on this machine, taking advantage of its copious memory footprint and GPU accelerator.
—Dave Altavilla, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
In reality, a large language model’s impressive scope and sophistication begins with its mastery of a much narrower game: predicting what word (or sometimes just part of a word) should come next.
—Cal Newport, New Yorker, 3 June 2025
But now, a large language model can read and summarize thousands of books during a single lunch break.
—Steve Nadis, Wired News, 1 June 2025
And that, in the end, might be exactly what Generation AI needs the most, beyond large language models: a space to unplug; a space to think, to find oneself; a space to strengthen those muscles of focus.
—Michael Serazio, Time, 28 May 2025
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Dave Altavilla, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
In reality, a large language model’s impressive scope and sophistication begins with its mastery of a much narrower game: predicting what word (or sometimes just part of a word) should come next.
—Cal Newport, New Yorker, 3 June 2025
But now, a large language model can read and summarize thousands of books during a single lunch break.
—Steve Nadis, Wired News, 1 June 2025
And that, in the end, might be exactly what Generation AI needs the most, beyond large language models: a space to unplug; a space to think, to find oneself; a space to strengthen those muscles of focus.
—Michael Serazio, Time, 28 May 2025
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