arXiv:2607. 08393v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Fine-tuning LLMs to inject new knowledge faces a critical challenge: LLMs can quickly memorize new facts, yet fail to use them for downstream reasoning tasks.
By Lu Dai, Ziyang Rao, Yili Wang, Hanqing Wang, Hao Liu, Hui Xiong
arXiv:2510. 03259v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Recent research on reasoning models explores the meta-awareness of language models, including their ability to determine optimal thinking duration, recognize knowledge boundaries, and structure concept-level thinking.
By Yoonjeon Kim, Doohyuk Jang, Eunho Yang
The paper introduces Knowledge-Weighted Fine‑Tuning, a method that estimates an instance‑level knowledge score through multi‑sampled inference and uses it to scale the learning signal. This approach encourages large language models to explicitly say "I don't know" on out‑of‑scope queries while preserving accuracy on known questions. The authors also propose new evaluation metrics for uncertainty, demonstrating that better discrimination between known and unknown instances improves overall performance.
By Joosung Lee, Hwiyeol Jo, Donghyeon Ko, Kyubyung Chae, Cheonbok Park, Jeonghoon Kim
arXiv:2606. 32032v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Metacognition is a critical component of intelligence that describes the ability to monitor and regulate one's own cognitive processes.
By Gabrielle Kaili-May Liu, Avi Caciularu, Gal Yona, Idan Szpektor, Arman Cohan
The study trains ten open‑weight large language models (LLMs) to predict their own accuracy on factual multiple‑choice questions before answering. Results show that the models’ confidence signals split into two distinct patterns: early in training, confidence aligns with output consistency (how concentrated the answer distribution is), while later, it aligns with true accuracy but only on data similar to the training set. This indicates that calibration training may not universally teach LLMs to detect their own errors.
By Nicolas Yax, Stefano Palminteri, Pierre-Yves Oudeyer
KnowSim introduces an evaluation framework that uses a user simulator with explicit knowledge states to assess how well large language models calibrate information to users. The simulator represents knowledge as a graph of Information Units with prerequisite relationships and updates these states based on learning theory. KnowSim computes Knowledge Gain, Delivery Calibration, and Cognitive Overload metrics, and its rankings align with human judgments, outperforming baseline simulators and revealing model performance differences across user knowledge levels.
By Yoonjoo Lee, Hyoungwook Jin, Tae Soo Kim, Shaoyang Zhang, Philippe Laban, Q. Vera Liao