language model

noun

plural language models

: a mathematical model (see model entry 1 sense 3) that analyzes a corpus of text in order to accurately represent the relationships between words

We have tremendous freedom to put words in any order we like. The computer has to have some kind of handle, a language model. It has to figure how likely any particular word is to pop up at any time.

—Robert Mercer, quoted in Chicago Tribune

also : software that uses a language model to generate text (such as responses to queries or prompts)

For example, given the task of analyzing the sentiment of the sentence 'I missed the bus today,' researchers could continue with the prompt 'I felt so [blank]' and ask a language model to fill in the blank with an emotion.

—Kyle Wiggers

see also large language model

Examples of language model in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The trick was exploiting a Google invention called transformers to create astoundingly capable language models. —Steven Levy, WIRED, 21 Nov. 2024

In its current stage, AI has reached a plateau because technologists need more data to properly train AI language models. —Bill Rokos, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024

Companies running Nvidia hardware can deploy this language model, while Indian IT consultancy Tech Mahindra is using Nvidia’s model to launch its own Hindi AI model, Project Indus 2.0. —Lee Ying Shan,arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2024

There is fascinating research around small language models that may be able to provide similar levels of value without requiring the same processing power. —Eric Miquelon, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1976, in the meaning defined above