LLM (Large Language Model)
Also known as: Large Language Model, Language Model, LLM
In one sentence
AI trained on massive amounts of text to understand and generate human-like language. Powers chatbots, writing tools, and more.
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A super-smart AI that read billions of books and websites, so now it can talk, write, and answer questions like a human.
In context
Examples: ChatGPT (GPT-3/4), Claude, Google Bard, LLaMA. Used for chatbots, content generation, coding help, translation.
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