Upon hearing the word "transformer," thoughts of change and adaptability often come to mind, sometimes evoking images of those iconic shape-shifting robots.

However, when it comes to artificial intelligence, the word transformer assumes a different, yet equally dynamic, role. Introduced in Ashish Vaswani's 2017 paper "Attention Is All You Need," a transformer in AI refers to an innovative type of AI model that has revolutionized the field.

Originally published by Law360 - January 29, 2024.