Language Models Need "Sleep"

behrouz_ali · x · 2026-07-14

The paper is titled "Language Models Need Sleep: Learning to Self-Modify and Consolidate Memories".

The core idea is to introduce a "sleep" phase for language models, allowing them to perform offline:

The authors describe this as a small step toward RSI (Recursive Self-Improvement).

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