# ByteDance's "iLLaDA" is a diffusion language model that keeps up with Qwen2.5

> Researchers from Renmin University and Bytedance have released iLLaDA, an 8B language model that works differently from ChatGPT. It matches Qwen2. 5 at the base level but falls behind after fine-tuning.

- **Source:** [The-decoder](https://the-decoder.com/bytedances-illada-is-a-diffusion-language-model-that-keeps-up-with-qwen2-5/?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a4021fdd2e4a413fa9a32ff)
- **Published:** 2026-06-27
- **Category:** AI & Bots
- **Tags:** #google #chatgpt #claude #ai
- **Canonical:** http://localhost:4321/a/6a4021fdd2e4a413fa9a32ff

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