Vaswani et al.

Vaswani et al. introduced the Transformer model, a breakthrough in how machines understand language. Unlike previous methods that processed words one after another, the Transformer uses attention mechanisms to weigh the importance of all words in a sentence simultaneously. This allows it to capture context more effectively and understand relationships between words regardless of their position. The model is highly efficient and powerful for tasks like translation, summarization, and text generation, significantly advancing natural language processing by enabling faster training and better performance compared to earlier architectures.