Language agents often fail to use action outcomes from their history

Labeling observations as outcomes of prior actions improves task success and reduces repetition.

Chinese Tech
Jingyu Liu · Zhiwen Wang · Yuxin Jing · Huanyu Zhou · Yong Liu

Renmin University of China · ByteDance

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Liu et al.

The authors tested how language agents (large language models) use interaction history within a single task.

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From ByteDance and Renmin University of China · Part of Memory Management for Agents, now 49 papers

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Language agents underuse action-outcome history; outcome labeling and a learned calibrator improve task success.

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