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• April 1, 2026 · 37 min read

  Diffusion Language Models: How They Work, How They Compare to Autoregressive LLMs, and Where They're Going

  A technical deep-dive into continuous and masked diffusion LLMs — full derivations, key models (LLaDA, Dream, Mercury), head-to-head comparison with autoregressive LLMs, and an honest look at whether dLLMs can replace AR in the future.