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Auteurs principaux: Chizhov, Pavel, Arnett, Catherine, Korotkova, Elizaveta, Yamshchikov, Ivan P.
Format: Preprint
Publié: 2024
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Accès en ligne:https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.04599
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  • Language models can largely benefit from efficient tokenization. However, they still mostly utilize the classical BPE algorithm, a simple and reliable method. This has been shown to cause such issues as under-trained tokens and sub-optimal compression that may affect the downstream performance. We introduce Picky BPE, a modified BPE algorithm that carries out vocabulary refinement during tokenizer training. Our method improves vocabulary efficiency, eliminates under-trained tokens, and does not compromise text compression. Our experiments show that our method does not reduce the downstream performance, and in several cases improves it.