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Prompting & Interactionaka Stochastic Decoding

Sampling

Sampling selects output tokens probabilistically from a model's predicted distribution.

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Parameters such as temperature, top-p, and top-k reshape or restrict the distribution before each draw. Different random draws can produce different completions from the same prompt.

Related terms

Assistant MessageStop SequenceGreedy DecodingRepetition PenaltyConversation HistorySystem Prompt Leak

Where Sampling comes up

  • Speculative Sampling Makes Big Video Models Interactive Without Retraining
  • Temperature, Top-P, and Top-K in LLMs: The Complete Sampling Guide (2026)
  • Claude Text Watermark Loophole: Change One Sampling Setting on Opus 4.6 or Sonnet 4.6 and the Mark May Vanish
  • WaiT: Meta Releases Code for a Wavelet-Aware Image Generator That Reports FID 1.43 on ImageNet 512 With Up to 50% Less Sampling Compute