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Notes on continual learning

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  1. Grow the Harness, Not the Context: From Strategy-Free Scaffolds to Reusable Specialist Agents

    Source note · Sep 22, 2026 · agents, efficiency, coding agents

    Growing Harness learns the agent harness itself from a strategy-free scaffold. Function-level traces localize failures, an optimizer repairs bounded code surfaces, and a held-out success-first gate rolls back repairs…

  2. Designer-RSI: Evolving Procedural Memory from User Traffic for Agentic Graphic Design

    Source note · Sep 18, 2026 · agents, memory, continual learning

    Designer-RSI uses a frozen frontier model operating professional design software through more than 230 tools and maintains an external procedural-memory bank of natural-language skills. The memory widens by adding…

  3. An Inclusive and Lightweight Approach to Federated Continual Learning for Cultural Heritage

    Source note · Aug 20, 2026 · ai, continual learning, performance

    The authors propose a lightweight approach to Federated Continual Learning (FCL) called FedCurv-DR for supporting artificial intelligence in cultural heritage. This method is designed to learn from distributed and…

  4. Harness Continual Learning: Continual Adaptation Beyond Model Parameters

    Source note · Aug 19, 2026 · ai, machine learning, continual learning

    The paper presents a new paradigm for continual learning called Harness Continual Learning (HCL). In this approach, an agent can adapt through a harness of prompts, memories, tools, skills, and routing rules. The…

  5. Harness Continual Learning: Continual Adaptation Beyond Model Parameters

    Source note · Aug 19, 2026 · continual learning

    The paper 'Harness Continual Learning: Continual Adaptation Beyond Model Parameters' introduces a new approach to continual learning, focusing on the evolution of an agent's harness (which includes prompts, memories…

  6. Continual Learning in Transition

    Source note · Aug 6, 2026 · continual learning

    The paper examines the evolution of Continual Learning (CL), a method that allows models to update and retain knowledge while learning new tasks. The authors suggest a transition from traditional parameter-centric…

  7. Continual Learning in Transition

    Source note · Aug 6, 2026 · artificial intelligence, continual learning

    The text discusses a shift in continual learning, moving away from traditional parameter-centric methods towards system-level adaptation. The authors propose a tri-axial framework to analyze this transition: When, How…

  8. Do Agent Optimizers Compound? A Continual-Learning Evaluation on Terminal-Bench 2.0

    Source note · Jul 15, 2026 · evaluation, continual learning

    The research evaluates if improvements from agent-optimization methods can stack up over time in a continual learning setting. Three optimizer-driven methods (GEPA, Meta Harness, and RELAI's Verifiable Continual…

  9. Do Agent Optimizers Compound? A Continual-Learning Evaluation on Terminal-Bench 2.0

    Source note · Jul 15, 2026 · evaluation, continual learning

    Researchers investigated if improvements made by agent-optimization methods persist when agents are optimized again on new tasks. They found that one method called RELAI-VCL was the only one that both transferred…

  10. Towards Continual Motion-Language Agents: LoRA Variants for Incremental Motion Understanding and Generation

    Source note · Jun 29, 2026 · continual learning

    The paper presents a new method to create motion-language agents that can understand and generate human movements in dynamic environments without forgetting previously acquired skills. The method, called LoRA variants…

  11. Towards Continual Motion-Language Agents: LoRA Variants for Incremental Motion Understanding and Generation

    Source note · Jun 29, 2026 · continual learning

    Researchers propose a method to create motion-language agents that can understand and generate human movements in dynamic environments without forgetting previously learned skills. They introduce low-rank adaptation…

  12. Can Scale Save Us From Plasticity Loss in Large Language Models?

    Source note · Jun 23, 2026 · language models, continual learning, neural networks

    Researchers studied plasticity loss, a challenge in creating neural networks capable of continuous learning, in modern transformer-based language models (LLMs). They found evidence of plasticity loss across various…

  13. RECALL: Recovery Experience Collection for Active Lifelong Learning in Vision-Language-Action Models

    Source note · Jun 22, 2026 · ai, machine learning, continual learning

    The paper proposes a new approach for training Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models through active, continual learning. This method aims to address the inefficiencies of traditional passive imitation learning by…

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