arXiv AI October 19, 2026 By Jiazheng Zhang, Wenqing Jing, Zizhuo Zhang, Zhiheng Xi, Shihan Dou, Rongxiang Weng, Jiahuan Li, Jingang Wang, Mingxu Chai, Shibo Hong, Yuming Yang, Chenhao Huang, Tao Gui, Qi Zhang, Xuanjing Huang

Two Minds Better Than One: Collaborative Reward Modeling for LLM Alignment

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The paper introduces Collaborative Reward Modeling (CRM), an online framework that uses cross-model peer review and curriculum learning to identify reliable preference pairs for training reward models (RMs). By having two RMs evaluate each other's sample selections and synchronizing their learning progress, CRM reduces the impact of noisy feedback, improving RM generalization by up to 9.94 points on RewardBench under 40% preference noise. The approach also extends to implicit-reward alignment, demonstrating robustness and broad applicability for learning from imperfect feedback.

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