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Modern LLMs Have Tiny GPTs Hidden Inside Them

The study explores whether modern large language models (LLMs) contain small internal models of GPT2 to improve next-token prediction. The experiment involved generating text with GPT2 and then using Qwen models to continue the generated text, testing if Qwen could predict GPT2 completions.

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PublishedSeptember 22, 2026invertedpassion
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This research suggests that large language models may internally simulate smaller models like GPT2 to enhance their ability to predict text, particularly when generating responses to previously generated content.

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