arXiv Machine Learning June 17, 2026 By Sunwoo Kim, Sunkyung Lee, Clark Mingxuan Ju, Donald Loveland, Bhuvesh Kumar, Kijung Shin, Neil Shah, Liam Collins

On the Memorization Behavior of LLMs in Generative Recommendation: Observations, Implications, and Training Strategies

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