AI Glossary

Large Language Model (LLM)

Written by Lana Feng, Ph.D. | Jun 10, 2023 3:02:31 PM

A Large Language Model (LLM) is an artificial intelligence system that has been trained on a vast amount of text data to understand and generate human language.

Expanding on this, a Large Language Model is a type of AI that has been trained on enormous volumes of text data, often from the internet. These models learn the statistical patterns of the language they are trained on, enabling them to generate coherent and contextually appropriate sentences. They can answer questions, write essays, summarize text, translate languages, and even generate creative content like poetry or stories. However, because they learn from data that includes all sorts of information, they also might replicate biases present in the training data or produce outputs that are not accurate or misleading. Care must be taken in their use and interpretation.

In summary, a Large Language Model is an AI system trained on substantial text data to comprehend and generate human-like text, capable of a wide array of language tasks.