LLM

LLM

Noun (abbreviation) · /ˌel.el.ˈem/

Definition

Large Language Model: an artificial intelligence system trained on vast amounts of text data to understand and generate human language; the technology underlying AI assistants such as GPT-4, Claude, Gemini, and similar systems. Also: LLM as abbreviation for Legum Magister, a postgraduate law degree.

Origin

Large Language Model — the AI sense — is a technical term from machine learning that emerged prominently around 2020 as transformer-based models scaled to billions and then hundreds of billions of parameters. The acronym LLM in this sense has become one of the defining abbreviations of the 2020s AI wave. The law degree sense (Legum Magister — Latin: Master of Laws) has been in use since the 19th century.