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Retrofitting language models to operate over bytes

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  • Nature · October 7, 2026 00:00
    Nature, Published online: 07 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11111-4 Byteification is a general method for retrofitting large language models to operate over bytes such that they approach the capabilities of subword-based systems and may be better for scientific data.