Large Language Models (LLMs)

Technology

The class of AI models that power modern chatbots. Hassabis refutes the idea that their performance is flatlining.


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9/13/2025, 5:47:55 AM

Last Updated

9/13/2025, 5:52:43 AM

Research Retrieved

9/13/2025, 5:52:43 AM

Summary

Large Language Models (LLMs) are a type of artificial intelligence, specifically deep learning and foundation models, designed to understand and generate human language. They are trained on vast datasets, often containing billions of words, and are built upon the transformer neural network architecture, which includes an encoder and decoder with self-attention capabilities. LLMs can perform a wide range of language tasks such as answering questions, summarizing text, translating, and generating various forms of content. While central to current AI advancements and deployed by companies like Google DeepMind (e.g., as part of multimodal models like Gemini), experts like Demis Hassabis indicate that LLMs alone are not sufficient for achieving Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). AGI, predicted to be 5-10 years away, will require fundamental breakthroughs beyond just scaling LLMs, particularly in areas like true AI creativity and continual learning. LLMs are also part of a broader AI landscape that includes interactive world models and hybrid models, which combine probabilistic and deterministic approaches.

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Extracted Attributes
  • Type

    Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning Model, Foundation Model, Language Model

  • Examples

    GPT models, Gemini, Claude

  • Role in AI

    Central to AI advancement, foundation for many AI applications

  • Architecture

    Transformer (neural network with encoder and decoder, self-attention capabilities)

  • Training Data

    Vast amounts of text, huge datasets (billions of words)

  • Key Capabilities

    Generate human language, answer questions, summarize text, translate languages, write content, complete sentences, creative writing, code generation, infer from context, generate coherent and contextually relevant responses

  • Limitations for AGI

    Not sufficient on their own; requires fundamental breakthroughs in AI creativity and continual learning

Timeline
  • Prediction by Demis Hassabis that Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is likely 5-10 years away, requiring fundamental breakthroughs beyond just scaling LLMs. (Source: summary, related_documents)

    Future (5-10 years away)

Web Search Results
  • What is a large language model (LLM)?

    A large language model (LLM) is a type of artificial intelligence that can generate human language and perform related tasks. These models are trained on huge datasets, often containing billions of words. By analyzing all this data, the LLM learns patterns and rules of language, similar to the way a human learns to communicate through exposure to language. LLMs can perform various language tasks, such as answering questions, summarizing text, translating between languages, and writing content. [...] A large language model (LLM) is a type of artificial intelligence that can generate human language and perform related tasks. These models are trained on huge datasets, often containing billions of words. By analyzing all this data, the LLM learns patterns and rules of language, similar to the way a human learns to communicate through exposure to language. LLMs can perform various language tasks, such as answering questions, summarizing text, translating between languages, and writing content.

  • What is LLM (Large Language Model)? - AWS

    Large language models, also known as LLMs, are very large deep learning models that are pre-trained on vast amounts of data. The underlying transformer is a set of neural networks that consist of an encoder and a decoder with self-attention capabilities. The encoder and decoder extract meanings from a sequence of text and understand the relationships between words and phrases in it. [...] Large language models are incredibly flexible. One model can perform completely different tasks such as answering questions, summarizing documents, translating languages and completing sentences. LLMs have the potential to disrupt content creation and the way people use search engines and virtual assistants. [...] AWS offers several possibilities for large language model developers. Amazon Bedrock is the easiest way to build and scale generative AI applications with LLMs. Amazon Bedrock is a fully managed service that makes LLMs from Amazon and leading AI startups available through an API, so you can choose from various LLMs to find the model that's best suited for your use case.

  • What is an LLM (large language model)? - Cloudflare

    A large language model (LLM) is a type of artificial intelligence (AI) program that can recognize and generate text, among other tasks. LLMs are trained on huge sets of data — hence the name "large." LLMs are built on machine learning: specifically, a type of neural network called a transformer model. [...] Sign upSales: +1 (888) 99 FLARE # What is a large language model (LLM)? Large language models (LLMs) are machine learning models that can comprehend and generate human language text. They work by analyzing massive data sets of language. #### Learning Objectives After reading this article you will be able to: Define large language model (LLM) Understand the applications for LLMs Explain how LLMs work Related Content [...] At a basic level, LLMs are built on machine learning. Machine learning is a subset of AI, and it refers to the practice of feeding a program large amounts of data in order to train the program how to identify features of that data without human intervention. LLMs use a type of machine learning called deep learning. Deep learning models can essentially train themselves to recognize distinctions without human intervention, although some human fine-tuning is typically necessary.

  • What Are Large Language Models (LLMs)? - IBM

    My IBM Log in Subscribe # What are large language models (LLMs)? ## What are LLMs? Large language models (LLMs) are a category of foundation models trained on immense amounts of data making them capable of understanding and generating natural language and other types of content to perform a wide range of tasks. [...] LLMs are a class of foundation models, which are trained on enormous amounts of data to provide the foundational capabilities needed to drive multiple use cases and applications, as well as resolve a multitude of tasks. This is in stark contrast to the idea of building and training domain specific models for each of these use cases individually, which is prohibitive under many criteria (most importantly cost and infrastructure), stifles synergies and can even lead to inferior performance. [...] In a nutshell, LLMs are designed to understand and generate text like a human, in addition to other forms of content, based on the vast amount of data used to train them. They have the ability to infer from context, generate coherent and contextually relevant responses, translate to languages other than English, summarize text, answer questions (general conversation and FAQs) and even assist in creative writing or code generation tasks.

  • Large language model - Wikipedia

    Glossary of artificial intelligence List of datasets for machine-learning research List of datasets in computer vision and image processing Outline of machine learning v t e A large language model (LLM) is a language model trained with self-supervisedmachine learning on a vast amount of text, designed for natural language processing tasks, especially language generation. [...] An LLM is a type of foundation model (large X model) trained on language. LLMs can be trained in different ways. In particular, GPT models are first pretrained to predict the next word on a large amount of data, before being fine-tuned._[citation needed_] ### Cost [edit] Image 8 [...] The largest and most capable LLMs are generative pre-trained transformers (GPTs), based on a transformer architecture, which are largely used in generativechatbots such as ChatGPT, Gemini "Gemini (chatbot)") and Claude "Claude (language model)"). LLMs can be fine-tuned "Fine-tuning (deep learning)") for specific tasks or guided by prompt engineering.( These models acquire predictive power regarding syntax, semantics, and ontologies "Ontology (information science)")( inherent in human language