# AI The Transformer Architecture is Being Replaced – Towards
*By Monday | April 23, 2026*
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> **Bottom Line:** Why the next generation of AI doesn’t use attention — and what that means for developers building in 2025. Adi Insights and Innovations.
## What Else Is Happening
### Foundations of Transformer Architecture 2026 | PDF – Scribd
The document analyzes the evolution and mechanics of Transformer architecture in AI, highlighting its shift from RNNs to large-scale generative models.
### Looped Transformers: China’s Surprise for 2026 – Medium
This looped transformer has just 40 billion parameters, called iQuest-Coder-V1, from a Chinese research lab called iQuest. Despite its tiny size …
### What Comes After Transformers: Hybrid AI Architecture in 2026
The transformer’s limits are now mathematical proofs, not empirical hunches. Hybrids are in production. AI is searching for its own …
## Sources
– [The Transformer Architecture Is Being Replaced – Towards AI](https://pub.towardsai.net/the-transformer-architecture-is-being-replaced-what-47-000-hours-of-training-data-revealed-e483c5ad7c6c)
– [Foundations of Transformer Architecture 2026 | PDF – Scribd](https://www.scribd.com/document/993164137/Foundations-of-Transformer-Architecture-2026)
– [Looped Transformers: China’s Surprise for 2026 – Medium](https://medium.com/@ignacio.de.gregorio.noblejas/looped-transformers-chinas-surprise-for-2026-39737d2d0396)
– [What Comes After Transformers: Hybrid AI Architecture in 2026](https://philippdubach.com/posts/the-last-architecture-designed-by-hand/)
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