Balancing Creativity and Consistency: How Temperature Shapes LLM Responses

Explore how temperature influences the behavior of Large Language Models (LLMs) - control the balance between creative, diverse outputs and consistent, reliable responses

If you’ve ever used apps or APIs like ChatGPT, Claude, or DeepSeek, it might seem like there’s just one ‘perfect’ answer generated for your query. However, Large Language Models (LLMs) don’t work in such a deterministic way.

Important Background: How LLMs Work

Instead, they generate outputs by predicting the next word—or more precisely, tokens, which are…