Context Rot: Supercharging AI Agents with Smarter Handling of Information!
Analysis
This article dives into the fascinating phenomenon of "Context Rot," where the performance of a Large Language Model (LLM) degrades as the amount of input information grows. It offers innovative solutions to help AI Agent developers overcome this challenge, unlocking even greater potential for these powerful systems.
Key Takeaways
- •Context Rot describes the performance degradation of LLMs with longer context windows.
- •The "Lost-in-the-Middle" problem highlights how models struggle with information in the middle of long contexts.
- •JIT (Just-in-Time) retrieval is suggested as a solution to prevent this performance drop.
Reference / Citation
View Original"Context Rot is a phenomenon where the performance of an LLM deteriorates as the input context it processes becomes longer."
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Qiita LLMFeb 5, 2026 04:03
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