Study: Hybrid LLMs Over-Rely on Attention; Auxiliary Training Activates Recurrence

Research on hybrid attention-recurrence LLMs like Qwen3.5 shows they rely almost entirely on attention, even after SFT. Auxiliary training that activates the recurrent pathway yields a 4.6% gain on relevant tasks.

2026-10-07 ~ 2026-10-07 · 3 related posts

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