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LLM

Explained for parents by The Digital Childhood.

What it means

Short for large language model. It's the kind of AI behind ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Snapchat's My AI. It learned from a huge amount of writing online, and it works by guessing which words should come next, which is why it can sound really sure of itself and still be wrong.

How to bring it up with your kid

"It's really good at guessing what sounds right, so if it's for school, check it somewhere else before you use it."

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