Traditional large language models are often limited to short context windows such as 8K, 32K or 128K.

Traditional large language models are often limited to short context windows such as 8K, 32K or 128K. Expanding the context window to millions of tokens is not just a linear improvement, but brings an essential breakthrough in capabilities. When a model can process hundreds of pages of text simultaneously, it no longer needs to segment information into small pieces to understand, but can grasp the overall structure of the material and the complex connections between content. This ability enables AI to transform from processing fragments to processing complete information systems, thereby achieving deeper understanding and reasoning. It is foreseeable that other large model manufacturers should gradually follow up the basic capabilities of ultra-long context tokens in

The competition among the current basic model manufacturers is very interesting. On the one hand, every major model manufacturer must have some unique skills, such as those who draw pictures, write code, produce reports, open source, reason, etc. On the other hand, whenever a phenomenon-level capability is recognized by users, it will almost always follow up within a short period of time. More and more popular functions are delivered directly to users as factory capabilities of the model. This phenomenon seems to be getting worse, and no one wants to fall behind. I remember what Ultraman said before. Those working in the application layer should not think about relying on temporary engineering capabilities to make up for the so-called shortcomings of large models. They should think about how to make full use of the latest model basic capabilities. This sentence has been well verified by Manus. Now, after Manus became popular around the world in the early stages of internal testing, it has a valuation of US$500 million. @manusai This is basically the way the wind is blowing. The application side needs to input more information and requires large models to accurately use the reasoning of large models in different scenarios to give better and longer answers. The shorter the complete life cycle, the faster the speed, and the higher the quality of the results, the better the experience it brings to users. The better the experience, the more determined they will be to renew monthly or annual memberships, and the business story will make sense.

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