diff --git a/run_transformers.py b/run_transformers.py
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+from transformers import pipeline
+
+try:
+    model_id = "openai/gpt-oss-20b"
+    pipe = pipeline("text-generation", model=model_id, torch_dtype="auto", device_map="auto")
+except Exception as e:
+    print("⚠️ Could not load gpt-oss-20b, falling back to gpt2.")
+    print("Error:", e)
+    model_id = "gpt2"
+    pipe = pipeline("text-generation", model=model_id)
+
+messages = [{"role": "user", "content": "Explain quantum mechanics clearly and concisely."}]
+outputs = pipe(messages, max_new_tokens=100)
+print(outputs[0]["generated_text"])