Foundation model
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A large model trained on broad data that many applications build on — through prompting, retrieval or fine-tuning. Most LLMs are foundation models.
01In short
A large model trained on broad data that many applications build on — through prompting, retrieval or fine-tuning. Most LLMs are foundation models.
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03Guide
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- What it is — in one paragraph
- Why it matters in production
- How to do it — 3 to 7 steps
- Pitfalls we see in the field
04Checklist
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05FAQ
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06Related terms
Regulation & governanceGPAI modelThe AI Act’s term for foundation models. Their providers have documentation and copyright duties since August 2025; the most capable models face extra systemic-risk rules.Training & adaptationFine-tuningFurther training a pre-trained model on your own examples to change its behaviour, format or style.BasicsLLMA neural network trained on huge amounts of text to predict the next token. That simple objective produces models that write, summarise, translate and reason in language.
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