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The Sirens' Song: When Proximal Background Context Overshadows Distant Evidence

Paper recorded by Signals 4 on 2026-09-22 in cs.AI. Abstract reproduced from arXiv; link to the original below.

Published 2026-09-22 on arXiv · recorded by Signals 4 on 2026-09-23

Category: cs.AI · 人工智能 · first seen 2026-09-23

Abstract

Long-context LLMs focus on retrieving distant evidence from extensive context, yet existing work has largely focused on overcoming distance alone. In this work, we identify the Proximity Trap, insufficient attention to distant evidence often arises less from distance itself than from cumulative competition with abundant, task-irrelevant proximal background. To address the Proximity Trap, we introd

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