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Encoder VS Decoder Bert VS GPT

A new article explains that encoder and decoder models like BERT and GPT share the same underlying architecture, with the key difference being which tokens each model is allowed to attend to during processing.

read1 min views39 publishedJul 1, 2026

They share the same architecture. The only real difference is which tokens each one is allowed to look at. Continue reading on Towards AI »

source & further reading
pub.towardsai.net — original article Agentic AI in Action — Part 30 -Prompt Engineering vs Context Engineering. A Cortex AI Walkthrough Stop Paying Your LLM to Flip Coins Structured Output From an LLM Can Be Perfect JSON and Completely Wrong
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