NPO Paper: Prompt Optimization Needs Good Teacher Feedback, Not Search Trees

A new paper introduces NPO, which keeps a single prompt lineage guided by teacher feedback, showing that teacher model quality matters more than elaborate search-tree algorithms like GEPA's Pareto selection.

2026-09-02 ~ 2026-09-02 · 2 related posts

• NPO paper: prompt optimization may hinge on teacher feedback, not search trees — rohanpaul_ai · 2026-09-02
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