I stood up and applauded after Merriam-Webster said this in his new announcement

Being a living and breathed person in 2025 means that I am the first in my bloodline that I have to say certain prayers. Today is this: Merriam-Webster (yes, that Merriam-Webster, like that of dictionaries) launched an advertisement for its new “large language model”, and the shadow aimed at the large AI companies is clear quiiiite.

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When IA companies use the term large language model, or LLM, which generally refers to a machine that is trained using a lot of pre -existing data, and uses that text database to process tasks and generate an answer. Chatgpt and Google Gemini use LLM technology.

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But, the way Merriam-Webster uses the term LLM is a bit different. In the announcement, they claim that its LLM uses more than 217,000 “rigorously defined parameters.” In addition, “never hallucin” and does not use data or electricity centers.

My shadow radar went out at this point in the ad. Only a second later was sent to Overdrive when Merriam-Webster reveals what is really “powerful tool that will change the way you communicate forever.”

A dictionary.

The announcement ends with an off voice that says: “There is artificial intelligence, and there is real intelligence.”

Was. So. Gagged.

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There is artificial Intelligence and current intelligence? Gate! I stood up and applauded!

It turns out that this announcement was not for any type of AI service that Merriam-Webster was introducing at all. The only new thing launched by the company in November is the new 12th edition of Dictionary Collegiate.

I am far from being the only one who found a real delight in Merriam-Webster’s shadow. The Internet is absolutely buzzing and laughing for this bait and change.

A tweet says: “In a world of Ai Slp, be it a Merriam Webster.” I couldn’t have said it better.

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A user tweeted: “Marketing ate with this.”

Another simply responded with the definition of “ATE.” They wrote: “You RN”.

They had us all in the first half, clearly: “I can’t believe I was about to get angry with Merriam-Webster. I’m sorry, I didn’t understand your game.”

The live images of all are random to this video:

@yastr1p/@jzux/@meriamwebster/via Twitter: @yast1p

Shakespeare could not have written this. Aristotle would have been lost by words. Plato would have begun to cry: “There are good nerds (people in the humanities) and there are bad nerds (bros), and the good nerds need our support.”

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@mslm_97/@jzux/@merriamwebster/via Twitter: @mslm_97

I’ve been applauding for a week, personally.

@Famnim1/@jzux/@merriamwebster/via Twitter: @Famnim1

Merriam-Webster’s responses have also been gold. Especially this shade.

Everyone needs a friend like Merriam-Webster.

For once I feel better after Move on Twitter, and everything is thanks to a dictionary company. Well done, Merriam-Webster, well done.

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