RLVR alone won’t unlock stronger reasoning, the authors say high-quality data still matters more

ddkang · x · 2026-08-04

The authors argue there is no shortcut to stronger reasoning through RLVR alone.

In their reply, they say empirical evidence shows that if the goal is smarter models, high-quality data still matters more than relying on reinforcement learning with verifiable rewards. They link both the paper and code, framing the result as a data-quality lesson rather than a new optimization trick.

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