Fault-tolerant foundation models

arXiv:2610.10311 · cs.LG, cs.AI, cs.AR · Submitted 2026-10-07 · Read on arXiv

cs.LG, cs.AI, cs.AR

Submitted: 2026-10-07

Updated: 2026-10-07

Code: https://github.com/reserach-12344321/fault_hardened_transformers

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Foundation Model — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Foundation Models — 1× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes

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• Scaling Laws for Neural Language Models
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• Hidden Dynamics of Massive Activations in Transformer Training
• The Llama 3 Herd of Models
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