Transformer-XL + AutoDropout (WT2)

Closed weights Google Brain,Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) 35M parameters January 2021

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The weights for this model have not been published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any size. It is reachable only through its provider, and no graphics card changes that.

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Origin

Who built this model, where, and when it was published.

Organisation
Google Brain,Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
Organisation type
Industry,Academia
Country
United States of America
Published
5 January 2021
Authors
Hieu Pham, Quoc V. Le

What it does

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Domain
Language
Task
Language modeling, Translation

Size

How large the model is and how much data it was trained on. Parameters are the figure that decides whether it fits on a given graphics card.

Parameters
35M
Training data
tokens

Availability

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Weights
Closed — provider access only
Model access
Unreleased
Training code
Unreleased

404: https://github.com/google-research/google-research/tree/master/auto_dropout

How it is classified

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Citations
63
Benchmark data
Transformer-XL + AutoDropout (WT2)

Sources

Where this record came from and when it was last checked.

Reference
AutoDropout: Learning Dropout Patterns to Regularize Deep Networks
Last updated
25 May 2026

What the numbers mean

Background

Transformer-XL + AutoDropout (WT2) was published by Google Brain,Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), in the country recorded as United States of America, during January 2021. It comes out of an organisation categorised as industry,Academia.

It works in the domain of Language, and is recorded as performing the task of language modeling, Translation.

This is a closed model: the trained values stayed with whoever produced them, and there is no local version to run.

Answers

Transformer-XL + AutoDropout (WT2) — common questions

01

Transformer-XL + AutoDropout (WT2)— what GPU do I need to run it?

None. This is a closed model — its weights were never published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any price. It is reachable only through its provider.

02

Transformer-XL + AutoDropout (WT2)— is it open source?

No. Its weights have not been published, so it exists only as a service controlled by its owner.

03

Transformer-XL + AutoDropout (WT2)— how many parameters does it have?

It has a parameter count of 35M. That figure is the total, and it is what decides how much memory the model needs — roughly half a gigabyte per billion at the compression most people use.

04

Transformer-XL + AutoDropout (WT2)— who created it?

It was published by Google Brain,Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), based in United States of America, an organisation categorised as industry,Academia.

05

Transformer-XL + AutoDropout (WT2)— when was it released?

It was published in January 2021. Capability per parameter has improved considerably since, so a newer model of the same size is often the better use of the same hardware.

06

Transformer-XL + AutoDropout (WT2)— what is it used for?

It works in the domain of Language, and is recorded as handling the task of language modeling, Translation. A model can carry several of each, so these are the areas it was built for rather than a limit on what it will attempt.

Source

Original publication

Record last updated 25 May 2026

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