arXiv:2609.40360v1 Announce Type: cross
Abstract: Reinforcement learning with verifiable rewards (RLVR) has improved the reasoning capabilities of large language models (LLMs), yet their predictions...
By Junshu Pan, Zhizhang Fu, Shulin Huang, Yiran Ding, Zifan Cheng, Wenqi Shao, Qiaosheng Zhang, Yue Zhang
arXiv:2503. 00539v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF) has evolved to be one of the main methods for fine-tuning large language models (LLMs).
By Debmalya Mandal, Paulius Sasnauskas, Goran Radanovic
The paper introduces PLUS, a framework that uses reinforcement learning to generate text-based summaries of individual users’ preferences, characteristics, and past conversations. These summaries condition a reward model, allowing it to predict personalized response preferences and improving reward accuracy by 11–77 % over the standard Bradley‑Terry model. PLUS demonstrates robust performance with new users and topics, achieves a 25 % improvement over existing personalized RLHF techniques, and enables zero‑shot personalization for state‑of‑the‑art models like GPT‑4.
By Hyunji Nam, Yanming Wan, Mickel Liu, Peter Ahnn, Jianxun Lian, Natasha Jaques
arXiv:2607. 25659v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Rubric-based reinforcement learning enriches language model training by evaluating model outputs against explicit criteria.
By Bo-Wen Zhang, Junwei He, Wen Wang, Song-Lin Lv, Wentao Ma, Rongyi Lin, Shuhan Zhong, Lan-Zhe Guo
The paper explores how dense, turn-level reward structures can improve reinforcement learning for large language model agents in multi-turn tasks. It introduces three reward granularity types—terminal, delayed, and per-turn—and adapts Group Relative Policy Optimization and Proximal Policy Optimization to each. Experiments on search and game agents show that per-turn rewards consistently yield better training dynamics, faster convergence, and higher answer correctness compared to sparse terminal or delayed rewards.
By Quan Wei, Siliang Zeng, Chenliang Li, Zhongruo Wang, William Brown, Oana Frunza, Wei Deng, Anderson Schneider, Yuriy Nevmyvaka, Yang Katie Zhao, Alfredo Garcia, Mingyi Hong
arXiv:2607. 21106v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Effective memory is crucial for LLM agents, yet constructing it effectively remains challenging.
By Qinfeng Li, Yuntai Bao, Xinyan Yu, Hongze Chen, Wenqi Zhang, Xuhong Zhang