Tag: attention mechanism

Long-Context Transformers for Large Language Models: How to Extend Windows Without Losing Accuracy

Long-Context Transformers for Large Language Models: How to Extend Windows Without Losing Accuracy

Long-context transformers let LLMs process huge documents without losing accuracy. Learn how attention optimizations like FlashAttention-2 and attention sinks beat drift, what models actually work, and where to use them - without wasting money or compute.

Contextual Representations in Large Language Models: How LLMs Understand Meaning

Contextual Representations in Large Language Models: How LLMs Understand Meaning

Contextual representations let LLMs understand words based on their surroundings, not fixed meanings. From attention mechanisms to context windows, here’s how models like GPT-4 and Claude 3 make sense of language - and where they still fall short.