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title: "How does attention masking work internally?"  
description: "How does attention masking work internally?"  
author: "Manish Kumar"  
published: 2026-06-16  
updated: 2026-06-17  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/116836/how-does-attention-masking-work-internally  
category: "artificial-intelligence"  
tags: ["artificial intelligence", "llm"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How does attention masking work internally?

**How does [attention](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/45144/what-is-a-calling-attention) masking work internally?**


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