arXiv AI By Hao Chen, Ye He, Yuchun Fan, Yukun Yan, Zhenghao Liu, Qingfu Zhu, Maosong Sun, Wanxiang Che

Know More, Know Clearer: A Meta-Cognitive Framework for Knowledge Augmentation in Large Language Models

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arXiv:2602. 12996v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Knowledge augmentation has significantly enhanced the performance of Large Language Models (LLMs) in knowledge-intensive tasks.

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