Hidden Dynamics of Massive Activations in Transformer Training

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Autori principali:	Gallego-Feliciano, Jorge, McClendon, S. Aaron, Morinelli, Juan, Zervoudakis, Stavros, Saravanos, Antonios
Natura:	Preprint
Pubblicazione:	2025
Soggetti:	Artificial Intelligence
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