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30 June 2025

Attention Mechanism (Glossary)

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The term "attention mechanism" originates from the fields of artificial intelligence and big data. It is one of the key technologies that enable modern language assistants, translation systems and even image processing.

Put simply, the attention mechanism helps an AI to maintain an overview of large amounts of data and focus on the really important information - similar to how a person filters out and memorises the important information in a conversation. Without this mechanism, machines would have to treat all data equally, which can often lead to inaccurate results.

Imagine you are reading a long text but are only looking for the most important key points. Your brain automatically jumps to relevant words or sentences - this is exactly what the attention mechanism does for artificial intelligence, for example when translating texts or analysing data sets. This allows the AI to work more precisely, is less "stuck in a rut" and delivers significantly better results.

Attention Mechanisms make AI applications more powerful and reliable - a decisive factor in why they are increasingly being used in everyday life today.

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Sanjay Sauldie

Sanjay Sauldie is a digital strategist, speaker and developer of the transruption toolkit, which companies can use to make their digital transformation measurable, human and sustainable. With kiROI - the AI-based approach to value creation in the digital age - he helps self-employed people and companies to integrate artificial intelligence into their processes in a practical way. With his outstanding marketing strategy iROI, he has already led countless companies to greater visibility and thus more profits. He combines digital innovation with disruptive thinking models for a sustainable business strategy. He studied mathematics and computer science at the University of Cologne, completed a Master of Science in Digital Disruption at the University of Salford (UK) and a Design Thinking programme at MIT/EMERITUS Singapore. As a multiple award-winning expert - including the Golden Web Award and the Innovation Award of the Initiative Mittelstand - he advises SMEs and corporations. His motto: "Digitalisation is not an end in itself - it must serve people."

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