KARL: Knowledge Agents via Reinforcement Learning

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Last proof check: 2026-03-19
Score updated: 2026-04-02
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Source count: 0
Coverage: 33%

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Source paper: KARL: Knowledge Agents via Reinforcement Learning

PDF: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2603.05218v1

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Coverage: 33%

Last proof check: 2026-03-19T18:48:05.835Z

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We present a system for training enterprise search agents via reinforcement learning that achieves state-of-the-art performance across a diverse suite of hard-to-verify agentic search tasks.
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Second, we show that models trained across heterogeneous search behaviors generalize substantially better than those optimized for any single benchmark.
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Compared to Claude 4.6 and GPT 5.2, KARL is Pareto-optimal on KARLBench across cost-quality and latency-quality trade-offs, including tasks that were out-of-distribution during training.
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First, we introduce KARLBench, a multi-capability evaluation suite spanning six distinct search regimes, including constraint-driven entity search, cross-document report synthesis, tabular numerical reasoning, exhaustive entity retrieval, procedural reasoning over technical documentation, and fact aggregation over internal enterprise notes.
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Third, we develop an agentic synthesis pipeline that employs long-horizon reasoning and tool use to generate diverse, grounded, and high-quality training data, with iterative bootstrapping from increasingly capable models.
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Fourth, we propose a new post-training paradigm based on iterative large-batch off-policy RL that is sample efficient, robust to train-inference engine discrepancies, and naturally extends to multi-task training with out-of-distribution generalization.
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With sufficient test-time compute, it surpasses the strongest closed models.
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The primary limitation is the reliance on proprietary datasets which might limit applicability in contexts where such data isn't available.
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