arXiv AI

Attractor Geometry of Transformer Memory: From Conflict Arbitration to Confident Hallucination

arXiv:2605. 05686v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Language models draw on two knowledge sources: facts baked into weights (parametric memory, PM) and information in context (working memory, WM).

arXiv Computation and Language
Sep 21

An Interpretable Memory Decision Controller for LLM Agents Based on Three-Signal Complementarity: Decoupling Confidence and Consistency

The paper introduces the Memory Decision Layer (MDL), a zero‑parameter controller that sits between retrieval and generation in large language models. MDL uses a three‑signal complementary encoder—combining relevance, reliability, and task risk—to produce an interpretable decision about the trustworthiness of retrieved memories. By decoupling confidence from consistency and enabling risk inversion and abstention, MDL cuts hallucination rates under conflicting memories by roughly 56% and nearly eliminates them in high‑risk scenarios, all while adding only 0.14 ms per decision.

By Yiming Zhang, Jinghong Zhang, Haoran Zhao, Yiren Ma, Chunlei Zhao
arXiv AI
Jun 16

Control-Plane Placement Shapes Forgetting: An Architectural Study of Agent Memory Across Thirteen System Configurations

arXiv:2606. 15903v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Where an LLM sits in an agent memory pipeline -- between the recall plane that retrieves stored facts (extensively benchmarked) and the control plane that mutates them via supersede, release, purge (largely untested) -- shapes which forgetting failure modes the system recovers.

By Dongxu Yang
arXiv AI
Sep 4

Learning What Not to Forget: Long-Horizon Agent Memory from a Few Kilobytes of Learning

The paper introduces LRE (Learned Relevance Eviction), a lightweight, CPU‑only, language‑model‑free scorer that learns which parts of an agent’s interaction history are task‑critical and preserves them verbatim. In experiments, LRE matches or surpasses baseline eviction policies on accuracy‑cost trade‑offs, recovers 93% of full‑history accuracy, reduces worst‑case prompt size by 52%, and outperforms dense and token‑pruning encoders in conversational memory while being 295–1569× smaller. The method also achieves superior budgeted answer quality on LoCoMo reading and can be trained annotation‑free, recovering 95% of supervised scorer performance.

By Nusrat Jahan Lia, Aritra Mazumder