arxiv:2610.41574
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π Can you turn an existing LLM into a diffusion language model in just a few hours on a single GPU?
We introduce "BYOD: Build Your Own DLM", a lightweight approach to converting autoregressive LLMs into diffusion models using LoRA, without modifying the original model weights.
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Works with Llama, Gemma, Qwen, and Ministral (and more!)
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Just 3β4 GPU hours for 7β9B models
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Open-source training code and Google Colab notebook
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Interactive demos to try all four models!
We're particularly interested in making diffusion language model research more accessible and reproducible.
Paper, code, and demos:
https://huggingface.co/papers/2610.41574
Would love to hear your feedback and ideas for improving these conversions!
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