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GPT-6 Astra, looped transformers, and hidden reasoning

by Sebastian Raschka, PhD magazine.sebastianraschka.com published 2026-09-09

A Look at Recurrent Depth, Hidden Chains of Thought, and Recent Research on Looping Transformer Blocks

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