---
title: "Bye tokens, hello patches"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/bye-tokens-hello-patches-zq2ks6yaq
source_url: https://notes.aimodels.fyi/bye-tokens-hello-patches/
type: article
source: "AIModels.fyi"
published: 2024-12-14T15:36:38.020Z
updated: 2024-12-14T15:37:13.724Z
tags: ["tech-news", "ai", "machine-learning", "nlp"]
reading_time: 3
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
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# Bye tokens, hello patches

**[AIModels.fyi](https://daily.dev/sources/aimodelsfyi)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Meta introduces the BLT architecture, a new approach to scaling language models by working directly with raw bytes instead of breaking text into tokens. This dynamic method improves performance, especially in character-level tasks, and offers efficiency in resource usage. The BLT model excels in handling unpredictable text and scaling while maintaining the same compute budget.

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