arXiv Machine Learning

When Gradients Collide: Failure Modes of Multi-Objective Prompt Optimization for LLM Judges

arXiv:2605. 26046v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Customizing an LLM judge to a specific problem or domain often involves optimizing its prompt across multiple evaluation criteria simultaneously.

arXiv AI
Jul 29

DecoEvo: Score-Decoupled Co-Evolution of Solver and Rubric-Generator Skills in Text Space

arXiv:2607. 25675v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Text-space optimization adapts large language models (LLMs) by editing external natural-language artifacts rather than model weights, so the optimized artifacts remain inspectable and the model can be treated as a black box.

By Jiangwang Chen, Zixin Song, Junlin Liu, Shuaiyu Zhou, Haiyan Wu, Haihan Shi, Chenxi Zhou, Hanqing Li, Xiao Yang, Da Zhu, Guanjun Jiang, Hai Wan, Xibin Zhao
arXiv AI
Jun 9

SAW: Stage-Aware Dynamic Weighting for Multi-Objective Reinforcement Learning in Large Language Models

arXiv:2606. 07705v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Although multi-objective reinforcement learning (MORL) is central to aligning large language models with complex human preferences, the prevailing practice of static weighted summation overlooks a more fundamental phenomenon: reward learning is markedly asynchronous across objectives.

By Yuchen He, Baolong Bi, Shenghua Liu, Huaming Liao, Yuyao Ge, Bolin Wan, Siqian Tong, Juan Chen, Jiafeng Guo, Xueqi Cheng
arXiv AI
Jul 7

OmniOpt: Taxonomy, Geometry, and Benchmarking of Modern Optimizers

arXiv:2607. 04033v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Optimizer selection for large-scale model training has become a system-level design decision constrained jointly by compute, memory, tuning budget, and task diversity, yet the landscape of over one hundred methods remains fragmented.

By Siyuan Li, Jiabao Pan, Yumou Liu, Zhuoli Ouyang, Xin Jin, Xinglong Xu, Jingxuan Wei, Shengye Pang, Jintao Che, Xuanhe Zhou, Conghui He, Cheng Tan