2025-04-22
So-called reasoning models are more efficient but not more capable than regular LLMs, study finds
A new study from Tsinghua University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University examines whether reinforcement learning with verifiable rewards (RLVR) helps large language models reason better—or simply makes them more efficient at repeating known solutions.
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Meta researchers open the LLM black box to repair flawed AI reasoning
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Moonshot's Kimi K2 Thinking emerges as leading open source AI, outperforming GPT-5, Claude Sonnet 4.5 on key benchmarks
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'Western Qwen': IBM wows with Granite 4 LLM launch and hybrid Mamba/Transformer architecture
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2025-10-09
Nvidia researchers boost LLMs reasoning skills by getting them to 'think' during pre-training
Researchers at Nvidia have developed a new technique that flips the script on how large language models (LLMs) learn to reason. The method, called reinforcement learning pre-training (RLP), integrates [...]
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