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LLM

abbr. Models 2023

Large language model. A model trained on enormous amounts of text to predict the next token, which lets it write, summarize, translate, answer questions, and code. The engine behind chatbots like Claude and ChatGPT.

“Under the hood, the support bot is just an LLM with access to our help docs.”

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In the history of AI

One of the Essentials

LLM is one of 20 Essential terms: the words you need to follow a news story or a work meeting about AI. It entered common use around 2023.