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GPT

noun \ˌjē-ˌpē-ˈtē\

also generative pre-trained transformer

TopicModels & Behavior First known use2018 Senses2
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Definition of GPT

  1. : short for generative pre-trained transformer: a language model that is first pre-trained on large amounts of text and then generates new text one token at a time

    • GPT models predict the next word, over and over, very well.

  2. : informally, any AI chatbot

    • Just ask GPT to rewrite the intro.

Origin & history

first known use2018

The name of a series of models from OpenAI, the first released in 2018.

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transformer a neural network design that processes a whole sequence at once and uses attention to work out… large language model a very large neural network trained on huge amounts of text to predict the next token, which… pre-training the first and most expensive stage of building a model, in which it learns general patterns… chatbot a computer program that holds a conversation with people through text or voice

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