2 papers
cs.CL2026
SAGE: Stochastic Prompt Optimization via Agent-Guided Exploration
Ziyi Zhu, Luka Smyth, Saki Shinoda +1
Context engineering has emerged as a primary lever for improving AI systems without parameter updates. Recent work showing that textual gradients do not function as real gradients…
cs.CL2026
DIAL: Direct Iterative Adversarial Learning for Realistic Multi-Turn Dialogue Simulation
Ziyi Zhu, Olivier Tieleman, Caitlin A. Stamatis +5
Realistic user simulation is crucial for training and evaluating multi-turn dialogue systems, yet creating simulators that accurately replicate human behavior remains a significant…