Tokenization converts text into discrete tokens (subwords, characters, or words) that a language model can process.
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Tokenization
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Tokenization converts text into discrete tokens (subwords, characters, or words) that a language model can process.
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It chops text into the small pieces the model was trained to read and predict.
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- NIST AI Risk Management Framework — risk vocabulary context for AI systems
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