{"ID":2829301,"CreatedAt":"2026-06-01T04:54:23.091178241Z","UpdatedAt":"2026-06-01T04:54:23.091178241Z","DeletedAt":null,"paper_url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.04213","arxiv_id":"2601.04213","title":"AnimatedLLM: Explaining LLMs with Interactive Visualizations","abstract":"Large language models (LLMs) are becoming central to natural language processing education, yet materials showing their mechanics are sparse. We present AnimatedLLM, an interactive web application that provides step-by-step visualizations of a Transformer language model. AnimatedLLM runs entirely in the browser, using pre-computed traces of open LLMs applied on manually curated inputs. The application is available at https://animatedllm.github.io, both as a teaching aid and for self-educational purposes.","short_abstract":"Large language models (LLMs) are becoming central to natural language processing education, yet materials showing their mechanics are sparse. We present AnimatedLLM, an interactive web application that provides step-by-step visualizations of a Transformer language model. AnimatedLLM runs entirely in the browser, using...","url_abs":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.04213","url_pdf":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.04213v2","authors":"[\"Zdeněk Kasner\",\"Ondřej Dušek\"]","published":"2025-12-14T12:22:32Z","proceeding":"cs.CL","tasks":"[\"cs.CL\"]","methods":"[\"Transformer\",\"Large Language Model\",\"Language Model\"]","has_code":false}