# Recurrent Neural Network

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> Updated: 2026-05-13T20:59:37.214Z
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**TLDR:** A foundational neural network family that models sequential data by carrying information from past time steps.

<p>Recurrent neural networks were developed to make use of past context in data with temporal or sequential dependence. Each time step considers not only the current input, but also information from the previous hidden state. This makes RNNs a natural modeling choice for text, speech, sensor data, and event sequences. However, basic RNNs can struggle with long-range dependencies because of gradient-related training issues.</p>