# Merriam Webster offers new LLM **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 1, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merriam-webster-offers-new-llm/1023573 "2025-10-01T17:29:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merriam-webster-offers-new-llm/1023573/1 "2025-10-01T17:29:55Z")
Revolutionary new device requires no electricity or connection to a data centre. Video in link. > **[Merriam-Webster (@merriam-webster.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/merriam-webster.com/post/3m25bdagve22f)** > > We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25. Insert “They had us in the first half” meme here. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merriam-webster-offers-new-llm/1023573/2 "2025-10-01T17:32:02Z")
For those who don’t want to click through to the video: It’s the latest version of their paper dictionary, but the video describes it with AI mumbo-jumbo catchphrases before revealing that. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merriam-webster-offers-new-llm/1023573/3 "2025-10-01T18:00:48Z")
Well I think it’s a hilarious ad. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merriam-webster-offers-new-llm/1023573/4 "2025-10-01T18:44:28Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > Revolutionary new device requires no electricity or connection to a data centre. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/KIWR-b42lU0/hqdefault.jpg "A Non-Volatile Storage Medium") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIWR-b42lU0) Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merriam-webster-offers-new-llm/1023573/5 "2025-10-01T19:48:31Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > Revolutionary new device requires no electricity or connection to a data centre. So, the same extremely tired old joke that has been used about ebooks vs. dead tree books for more than 20 years now. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merriam-webster-offers-new-llm/1023573/6 "2025-10-01T19:55:15Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > So, the same extremely tired old joke that has been used about ebooks vs. dead tree books for more than 20 years now. [![](https://media.tenor.com/UPYLbZtxjF0AAAAM/suck-joy.gif) ](https://media.tenor.com/UPYLbZtxjF0AAAAM/suck-joy.gif) Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merriam-webster-offers-new-llm/1023573/7 "2025-10-01T20:02:25Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > the same extremely tired old joke But now with AI!