AUTHOR=Angius Nicola , Perconti Pietro , Plebe Alessio , Acciai Alessandro TITLE=Making sense of transformer success JOURNAL=Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence VOLUME=8 YEAR=2025 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/artificial-intelligence/articles/10.3389/frai.2025.1509338 DOI=10.3389/frai.2025.1509338 ISSN=2624-8212