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large language model

noun \ˈlärj ˈlaŋ-gwij ˈmä-dᵊl\

also LLM

TopicModels & Behavior First known use2018 Senses1
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Definition of large language model

  1. : a very large neural network trained on huge amounts of text to predict the next token, which as a result can answer questions, write, summarize, translate, and write code

    • Every major chatbot today is built on a large language model.
    • The LLM drafted the contract, but a lawyer still had to check it.

Origin & history

first known use2018

The phrase spread after 2018, as transformer models such as GPT and BERT grew from millions to billions of parameters.

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transformer a neural network design that processes a whole sequence at once and uses attention to work out… GPT short for generative pre-trained transformer: a language model that is first pre-trained on… foundation model a large model trained on broad data that can be adapted to many different tasks, serving as… token the basic unit of text a language model reads and writes: a whole word, part of a word, a… chatbot a computer program that holds a conversation with people through text or voice small language model a compact language model, usually with a few billion parameters or fewer, designed to run…

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