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Last updated: Jan 7, 2026, 6:01 AM ET
HF Jan 6

Small Yet Mighty: Improve Accuracy In Multimodal Search and Visual Document Retrieval with Llama Nemotron RAG Models

Nvidia's Llama Nemotron RAG models are purpose-built for multimodal search and visual document retrieval tasks, combining vision and language capabilities for improved accuracy. This release offers practical value for practitioners implementing production RAG systems, particularly those handling mixed-media documents. The article likely covers model architecture, performance benchmarks, and implementation guidance relevant to building retrieval systems at scale.

#rag #retrieval #embeddings
arXiv Jan 6

InfiAgent: An Infinite-Horizon Framework for General-Purpose Autonomous Agents

InfiAgent addresses a critical production challenge for LLM agents: managing unbounded context growth and error accumulation during long-horizon tasks. The framework externalizes persistent state into a file-centric abstraction, offering practical solutions for deploying agents at scale without sacrificing reasoning stability—directly applicable to building robust agentic systems in production environments.

#agents #rag #production-ml
arXiv Jan 6

Can Embedding Similarity Predict Cross-Lingual Transfer? A Systematic Study on African Languages

This systematic study evaluates embedding similarity metrics for predicting cross-lingual transfer success across African languages, providing practical guidance for selecting source languages in low-resource NLP scenarios. The findings on cosine gap and retrieval-based metrics (P@1, CSLS) offer actionable insights for practitioners building multilingual systems and optimizing transfer learning strategies. Relevant for those working with embeddings and retrieval systems in production ML contexts.

#embeddings #transformers #retrieval
arXiv Jan 6

Fine-tuning Small Language Models as Efficient Enterprise Search Relevance Labelers

This paper addresses practical enterprise search challenges by demonstrating how to fine-tune small language models for relevance labeling at scale, achieving quality comparable to LLMs with better efficiency. Directly applicable to production ML systems requiring domain-specific relevance ranking without the cost of large model inference. Combines fine-tuning techniques with retrieval system optimization, making it valuable for practitioners building scalable search and RAG pipelines.

#fine-tuning #retrieval #production-ml
arXiv Jan 6

MemRL: Self-Evolving Agents via Runtime Reinforcement Learning on Episodic Memory

MemRL presents a method for LLMs to self-improve through episodic memory and reinforcement learning, addressing limitations of fine-tuning and passive retrieval. The approach combines memory-based retrieval with active learning signals, relevant for building adaptive AI agents and RAG systems that evolve without catastrophic forgetting. Practical value for practitioners implementing production agents that need continuous improvement without expensive retraining.

#agents #retrieval #rag
arXiv Jan 6

Improving Indigenous Language Machine Translation with Synthetic Data and Language-Specific Preprocessing

This paper demonstrates practical fine-tuning techniques for multilingual transformer models (mBART) in low-resource settings using synthetic data augmentation. The work provides actionable strategies for improving NMT performance through data generation and preprocessing, relevant to practitioners working with constrained datasets and multilingual model adaptation.

#fine-tuning #transformers
arXiv Jan 6

Fine-tuning Small Language Models as Efficient Enterprise Search Relevance Labelers

This paper addresses practical enterprise search challenges by demonstrating how to fine-tune small language models for relevance labeling at scale, achieving quality comparable to LLMs with better efficiency. Directly applicable for practitioners building production search systems who need cost-effective labeling pipelines and domain-specific ranking models. Combines fine-tuning techniques with retrieval system optimization, making it valuable for RAG and search relevance workflows.

#fine-tuning #retrieval #production-ml
arXiv Jan 6

ATLAS: Adaptive Test-Time Latent Steering with External Verifiers for Enhancing LLMs Reasoning

ATLAS presents an adaptive test-time steering technique that modifies LLM internal representations to improve reasoning without retraining. The approach uses external verifiers to dynamically adjust intervention strength per problem instance, offering practical value for optimizing LLM inference behavior in production systems. Relevant for practitioners seeking to enhance reasoning capabilities and efficiency without fine-tuning costs.

#transformers #llms #production-ml
arXiv Jan 6

Joint Encoding of KV-Cache Blocks for Scalable LLM Serving

This paper addresses KV-cache memory bottlenecks in LLM serving through joint encoding of cache blocks, enabling improved throughput under concurrent loads. Directly applicable to production ML deployment scenarios where LLM inference efficiency and scalability are critical constraints. Practical relevance for engineers optimizing real-time LLM systems without requiring specialized hardware.

#transformers #production-ml #deployment
arXiv Jan 6

UltraLogic: Enhancing LLM Reasoning through Large-Scale Data Synthesis and Bipolar Float Reward

UltraLogic presents a framework for improving LLM reasoning through large-scale synthetic data generation and reinforcement learning with verifiable rewards. The work addresses multi-step logic and planning capabilities, offering practical insights for practitioners looking to enhance reasoning in production LLM systems through data synthesis and reward modeling techniques.

#llms #fine-tuning #transformers
arXiv Jan 6

MAGMA: A Multi-Graph based Agentic Memory Architecture for AI Agents

MAGMA proposes a multi-graph memory architecture for AI agents that improves upon semantic similarity-based retrieval by separately representing temporal, causal, and entity relationships. This addresses practical challenges in RAG systems where monolithic memory stores limit interpretability and retrieval accuracy, offering practitioners a structured approach to memory organization for agentic systems. The work has direct applicability to building more interpretable and accurate retrieval-augmented agents in production.

#agents #rag #retrieval
arXiv Jan 6

UltraLogic: Enhancing LLM Reasoning through Large-Scale Data Synthesis and Bipolar Float Reward

UltraLogic presents a framework for improving LLM reasoning through large-scale synthetic data generation and reward modeling, addressing a key limitation in multi-step logic and planning tasks. The paper's approach to data synthesis and reinforcement learning with verifiable rewards offers practical insights for practitioners working on fine-tuning LLMs for complex reasoning tasks. While not a direct implementation guide, the methodology has clear applications for building more capable reasoning systems in production ML deployments.

#llms #fine-tuning #transformers
arXiv Jan 6

Can Embedding Similarity Predict Cross-Lingual Transfer? A Systematic Study on African Languages

This systematic study evaluates embedding similarity metrics for predicting cross-lingual transfer success across African languages, demonstrating that cosine gap and retrieval-based metrics (P@1, CSLS) reliably predict transfer outcomes. Practitioners can apply these findings to select optimal source languages when fine-tuning multilingual models for low-resource language tasks, directly informing embedding selection strategies in production ML systems.

#embeddings #transformers #retrieval
arXiv Jan 6

ATLAS: Adaptive Test-Time Latent Steering with External Verifiers for Enhancing LLMs Reasoning

ATLAS presents an adaptive test-time steering technique that modifies LLM internal representations to improve reasoning without retraining. The approach uses external verifiers to dynamically adjust intervention strength per problem instance, addressing robustness limitations of fixed steering policies. Relevant for practitioners optimizing LLM inference behavior and reasoning capabilities in production systems.

#transformers #llms #production-ml
arXiv Jan 6

Multi-RADS Synthetic Radiology Report Dataset and Head-to-Head Benchmarking of 41 Open-Weight and Proprietary Language Models

This paper presents RXL-RADSet, a radiologist-verified benchmark dataset for automated RADS assignment from radiology reports, and benchmarks 41 open-weight and proprietary language models on this task. The work demonstrates practical evaluation methodology for deploying specialized LLMs in healthcare production environments, with insights on model scaling and accuracy trade-offs relevant to practitioners building domain-specific NLP systems.

#transformers #llms #production-ml
arXiv Jan 6

From Muscle to Text with MyoText: sEMG to Text via Finger Classification and Transformer-Based Decoding

MyoText presents a hierarchical transformer-based framework for decoding surface electromyography (sEMG) signals to text through finger classification. While the paper demonstrates practical application of transformer architectures for signal processing and sequence decoding, it's specialized to biomedical signal processing rather than core ML/AI infrastructure topics. Relevant for practitioners interested in transformer applications beyond NLP and novel input modalities, but limited direct applicability to Largo's primary focus areas.

#transformers #fine-tuning
arXiv Jan 6

Grad-ELLM: Gradient-based Explanations for Decoder-only LLMs

Grad-ELLM presents a gradient-based attribution method specifically designed for decoder-only LLMs to improve interpretability and faithfulness of model predictions. While primarily a research contribution on explainability rather than a direct implementation tutorial, it offers practical value for practitioners needing to understand and debug LLM behavior in production systems, particularly relevant for RAG and agent systems where model transparency is important.

#transformers #llms
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