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Autoregressive vs Diffusion LLMs: How the Next Generation of Language Models Actually Writes Text
Community description: If you have watched an AI write, you know the ritual. Tokens appear left to right, one after another,...
Dev.to | Aug 31, 2026 | jamilxt
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Diffusion language models change the loop itself. Gemma Diffusion and Nemotron Diffusion both use this shape. Have you tried a diffusion language model yet: Mercury, Gemma Diffusion, LLaDA, anything?
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