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Can gzip be a language model?

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  1. aghilmort · · focus · HN ↗
    zip2zip paper by Geng et al. also exploited LZ/LZW and made the rounds a while back; novel approach that uses zip content as output compression adapter

    <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;arxiv.org&#x2F;abs&#x2F;2506.01084" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;arxiv.org&#x2F;abs&#x2F;2506.01084

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