What is a large language model (LLM)?
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Large language model (LLM): A neural network trained on very large amounts of text to process and generate language, the kind of model behind ChatGPT, Claude and Grok.
Most large language models are transformers, a design introduced in 2017. They are first trained to predict the next piece of text and then tuned to follow instructions.
On its own an LLM answers from what it learned up to its knowledge cutoff. Search tools let it look things up first, which is where query fan-out comes in.
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