arXiv AI
Jun 24
Representation Interventions Enable Lifelong Knowledge Memory Control in LLMs
arXiv:2511. 20892v4 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) often produce incorrect or outdated content after being employed.
SPARK: Adaptive Parametric Knowledge Participation for Faithful Retrieval-Augmented Generation
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arXiv AI
Jul 10
ParamMute: Suppressing Knowledge-Critical FFNs for Faithful Retrieval-Augmented Generation
arXiv:2502. 15543v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) integrated with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) have improved factuality by grounding outputs in external evidence.
arXiv AI
Jun 16
Retrievable Gradients: Continual Post-Training Without Cumulative Weight Drift
arXiv:2606. 15734v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Continual post-training enables models to absorb emerging knowledge after deployment, but repeatedly updating shared parameters can accumulate weight drift, potentially causing catastrophic forgetting and degrading general capabilities.
arXiv AI
Aug 20
From Storage to Access: Verifiable Activation of Parametric Knowledge in LLMs via Explicit Priming and Implicit Reasoning
The paper introduces VAKE, a two‑stage reinforcement‑learning framework that activates latent factual knowledge in large language models. In the Priming stage, the model explicitly inserts bridging triples into an insufficient subgraph, guided by rewards from a frozen model’s answers. The Reasoning stage then trains the model to answer from the original input, demonstrating that the elicitation capability transfers to implicit reasoning and consistently outperforms baselines across multiple benchmarks and model sizes.
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 29
Parameters vs. Context: TRACE Fine-Tuning for Robust Retrieval-Augmented Generation
The paper introduces TRACE, a fine‑tuning framework for Retrieval‑Augmented Generation (RAG) that addresses conflicts between retrieved knowledge and a model’s internal knowledge. TRACE uses multi‑agent debate traces to identify correct and incorrect candidates and answer‑shift patterns, providing fine‑grained supervision for reliable knowledge‑source selection. It also incorporates an answer‑completeness regularization mechanism to prevent empty, overly short, or prematurely terminated responses, thereby improving robustness against misleading retrieved content and enhancing answer quality.
arXiv AI
Jun 29
SHIFT: Gate-Modulated Activation Steering for Knowledge Conflict Mitigation in Retrieval-Augmented Generation
arXiv:2606. 27786v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) enhances LLMs by incorporating external knowledge to support response generation.
arXiv AI
Aug 24
SKILL-RAG: Self-Knowledge Induced Learning and Filtering for Retrieval-Augmented Generation
arXiv:2509.20377v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) has significantly improved the performance of large language models (LLMs) on knowledge-intensive tasks...
arXiv AI
Oct 7
Rethinking Knowledge Retrieval for Generation: A Survey on RAG Architectures and Applications
arXiv:2610.01936v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Large Language Models (LLMs) have demonstrated remarkable fluency and versatility across natural language tasks but remain fundamentally limited by...
arXiv Computation and Language
Oct 1
Offline Guidance, Online Reasoning: Reusing LLM Feedback for Small Language Models
arXiv:2609.39346v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) offer strong reasoning capabilities but are often costly to access through commercial APIs, while small language models (S...
arXiv AI
Sep 30
Retrieval-Augmented Skill Optimization via Cross-Harness Adaptation
arXiv:2609.38024v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: An agent skill is a reusable, actionable natural-language artifact that guides an agent to perform a task effectively under a given harness. Recent stu...
arXiv AI
Sep 3
NE-R1: Enhancing Named Entity Recognition Model via Reinforcement Learning
NE‑R1 is a framework that improves Named Entity Recognition by using a retrieval‑on‑demand mechanism and a two‑stage training process that includes instruction tuning and reinforcement learning with chain‑of‑thought. It balances the use of internal model parameters and external knowledge through a multi‑dimensional reward that considers accuracy and retrieval benefit. The approach achieves state‑of‑the‑art results, improving in‑domain F1 by 2.52% and zero‑shot cross‑domain F1 by 1.18%.
arXiv AI
Aug 25
DeepRefine: Agentic Knowledge Refinement via Reinforcement Learning
DeepRefine is a reinforcement learning framework that improves the quality of pre‑constructed structured knowledge bases—such as knowledge graphs or LLM‑Wikis—by engaging in multi‑turn interactions with the base. It performs abductive diagnosis to locate defects, then applies targeted refinement actions to incrementally update the knowledge base. The system uses a Gain‑Beyond‑Draft reward to train its refinement policy end‑to‑end, achieving consistent downstream performance gains over strong baselines.