Building LLM Powered Applications

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Choosing an LLM for Your Application

In the last chapter, we saw how pivotal it is to properly orchestrate large language models (LLMs) and their components within applications. In fact, we saw that not all LLMs are created equal. The next key decision is which LLMs to actually use. Different LLMs may have different architectures, sizes, training data, capabilities, and limitations. Choosing the right LLM for your application is not a trivial decision, as it can have a significant impact on the performance, quality, and cost of your solution.

In this chapter, we will guide you through the process of choosing the right LLM for your application. We will cover the following topics:

• An overview of the most promising LLMs in the market
• The main ...