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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As the generative artificial intelligence phenomenon gathers pace, many enterprises are still working out how to get the best out of the large language models on which GenAI is built.
—David Prosser, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
As the company that trains the popular Llama open-source large language models, or LLMs, that Databricks builds on, Meta plays an important role in the artificial intelligence.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 22 Jan. 2025
Share [Findings] AI researchers determined that large language models pose no existential threat to humanity and created an AI algorithm that can detect scientific articles written by other AI algorithms.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025
Queries sent to large language models (LLMs), which were trained on trillions of parameters of data reportedly require 10 times the amount of energy as a simple Google search.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 22 Jan. 2025
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David Prosser, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
As the company that trains the popular Llama open-source large language models, or LLMs, that Databricks builds on, Meta plays an important role in the artificial intelligence.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 22 Jan. 2025
Share [Findings] AI researchers determined that large language models pose no existential threat to humanity and created an AI algorithm that can detect scientific articles written by other AI algorithms.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025
Queries sent to large language models (LLMs), which were trained on trillions of parameters of data reportedly require 10 times the amount of energy as a simple Google search.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 22 Jan. 2025
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