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cs.CV2026

DECODE: Tackling Representation and Decision Degradation in Continual AI-Generated Image Detection

Zihao Cai, Xinghan Li, Ruiyan Yang +3

The paper introduces DECODE, a framework that addresses both representation and decision-level forgetting in continual learning for AI-generated image detection, using subspace div…

#continual learning#image forensics#catastrophic forgetting#decision boundary drift
cs.LG2026

FedOGL: Combating Catastrophic Forgetting in Federated Open-World Multimodal Graph Learning

Zekai Chen, Haodong Lu, Shihao Li +5

The paper introduces FedOGL, a framework for federated multimodal graph learning that mitigates catastrophic forgetting by preserving semantic and structural memory through client-…

#federated learning#graph neural networks#multimodal learning#continual learning
cs.LG2026

Post-Training at the Edge of Detectability: A Game-Theoretic Approach to Fine-Tuning

Keegan Harris, Brian W. Lee, Ian Waudby-Smith +3

The paper introduces a game‑theoretic framework for RL fine‑tuning that determines the KL regularization coefficient by treating the trade‑off between reward and deviation from a r…

#reinforcement learning#game theory#fine-tuning#kl-regularization
cs.CV2026

Progressive Multimodal Alignment for Continual Instruction Tuning

Duzhen Zhang, Yahan Yu, Qiaoyi Su +2

The paper proposes Progressive Multimodal Alignment (PMA), a framework that adds expandable expert projectors and a routing mechanism to continually adapt visual-language alignment…

#continual learning#multimodal alignment#large language models#visual-language projection
cs.CL2026

ForgetBench: Benchmarking Forgetting Dynamics of Long-Term Parametric Memory in Language Models

Ruxi Gu, Zhenliang Zhang, Wei Wang

The paper introduces ForgetBench, a benchmark for measuring how large language models retain or forget factual and relational knowledge when they are continuously edited over time.

#language models#continual learning#knowledge editing#benchmark
cs.LG2026

The Art of Not Forgetting A Local Learning Architecture for Continual Learning

Ashmith Atmuri, Yashaswini Rao Bhogarajula

The paper presents CMP, a continual‑learning system that encodes inputs as sparse relational codes, stores them in a two‑tier competitive memory, and learns via local updates witho…

#continual learning#sparse representations#local learning#memory architecture
cs.LG2026

Regularizing modality contribution drift in multimodal continual learning

Zhen Zhang, Jielei Chu, Bin Liu +1

The paper identifies a decision-level shift called Modality Contribution Drift in multimodal continual learning and introduces a regularization method (CMCDR) that preserves modali…

#multimodal learning#continual learning#modality contribution drift#regularization
cs.CV2026

GeoMFD: Continual Drone-View Geo-Localization with Geometry-Aware Adapter and Margin-Field Distillation

Zhongwei Chen, Hai-jun Rong, Tao Zhang +4

The paper introduces GeoMFD, a method that enables a single drone-view geo-localization model to continuously adapt to new environments while preserving its cross-view geometric re…

#drone-view geo-localization#continual learning#geometry-aware adaptation#cross-view matching
cs.LG2026

Knowledge-Aware Evolution for Task-Free Streaming Federated Continual Learning with Arbitrary Class Overlap

Sixing Tan, Xianmin Liu

The paper introduces FedKACE, a method for federated continual learning that works without task labels and handles streaming data with overlapping classes by adaptively switching i…

#federated learning#continual learning#streaming data#class overlap
cs.LG2026

Gate-Zero Growth: A Geometric Framework for Function-Preserving Continual Learning

Dante Lok

The paper proposes gate-zero growth, a function‑preserving operator that adds new residual blocks via a zero‑initialized gate, enabling controlled function drift and near‑zero forg…

#continual learning#function preserving#transformer models#catastrophic forgetting
cs.LG2026

Mixtures of SubExperts for Large Language Continual Learning

Haeyong Kang, Hee Suk Yoon, Dahua Feng +1

The paper proposes Mixtures of SubExperts (MoSEs), a modular and sparse extension to transformer layers that uses lightweight sub-modules and a learned routing function to let larg…

#continual learning#large language models#modular networks#sparse routing
cs.LG2026

NORACL: Neurogenesis for Oracle-free Resource-Adaptive Continual Learning

Karthik Charan Raghunathan, Christian Metzner, Laura Kriener +1

The paper introduces NORACL, a continual‑learning method that dynamically expands a neural network when representational or plasticity saturation is detected, eliminating the need…

#continual learning#adaptive network growth#stability-plasticity#neurogenesis
cs.LG2026

Grow-Prune-Freeze Networks: Adaptive & Continual Learning Technique for Olfactory Navigation

Kordel K. France, Ovidiu Daescu

The paper proposes Grow‑Prune‑Freeze (GPF) networks, an adaptive continual‑learning framework that dynamically grows, prunes, and freezes early policy layers to enable robots to na…

#continual learning#olfactory navigation#adaptive networks#robotics
cs.CV2026

AlphaWiSE: Adaptive Weight Interpolation for Continual Multimodal Representation Learning

Sarthak Jain, Qiran Hu, Zhen Zhu +1

The paper introduces AlphaWiSE, a post‑hoc weight‑space interpolation technique that combines two frozen checkpoints with learned scalar coefficients to improve continual learning…

#continual learning#multimodal representation#weight interpolation#cross-modal retrieval
cs.LG2026

Local Redundancy: An Information-Theoretic Measure of Plasticity from Synthetic Memorization

Jiaxuan Cheng

The paper introduces local redundancy, an information‑theoretic measure of neural network plasticity derived from universal compression theory, and shows that a computable lower bo…

#plasticity#continual learning#transfer learning#information theory
cs.AI2026

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

Wenxiao Wang, Priyatham Kattakinda, Soheil Feizi

The paper evaluates whether gains from agent-optimization methods compound over successive optimization phases in a continual‑learning setting, using hard tasks from Terminal‑Bench…

#continual learning#agent optimization#benchmark evaluation#regression control
cs.CL2026

Can a Language Model Learn Facts Continually in Its Weights?

Charles O'Neill

The paper investigates whether language models can continuously acquire and retain factual knowledge directly in their weights, examining how different training styles affect reten…

#continual learning#language model weight editing#factual knowledge retention#forgetting
cs.AI2026

Mistake gating leads to energy and memory efficient continual learning

Aaron Pache, Mark CW van Rossum

The paper introduces memorized mistake‑gated learning, a biologically inspired rule that updates neural network weights only when classification errors occur, cutting the number of…

#continual learning#online learning#incremental learning#energy efficiency
cs.LG2026

Test-Time Learning with an Evolving Library

Weijia Xu, Alessandro Sordoni, Chandan Singh +4

The paper introduces EvoLib, a test-time learning framework that lets large language models build, reuse, and evolve a shared library of knowledge abstractions across tasks without…

#test-time learning#large language models#knowledge library#continual learning
cs.CV2026

Traceback Translators Against Forgetting in Continual Fake Speech Detection

Enrico Gottardis, Mattia Tamiazzo, Simone Milani

The paper proposes a method that uses a domain‑translator network to map new fake‑speech data back into the feature space of an existing detector, allowing continual learning witho…

#continual learning#fake speech detection#catastrophic forgetting#domain translation
cs.LG2026

Attribution-Guided Continual Learning for Large Language Models

Yazheng Liu, Yuxuan Wan, Rui Xu +3

The paper introduces an attribution-guided continual learning framework for large language models that uses Layer-wise Relevance Propagation to identify important parameters and li…

#continual learning#large language models#catastrophic forgetting#layer-wise relevance propagation
cs.AI2026

Separating Expert Retention from Autonomous Source Inference in Raw-ECG-Replay-Free Continual ECG Deployment

Yufan Lu, Xinhui Liu, Chenyang Xu +2

The paper proposes a replay‑free continual learning framework for multi‑source ECG classification that keeps a frozen pretrained backbone, adds a new linear expert for each incomin…

#continual learning#ecg classification#source inference#expert routing
cs.LG2026

RL Forgets! Towards Continual Policy Optimization

Mao-Lin Luo, Zhe-Xu Wang, Zi-Hao Zhou +4

The paper investigates catastrophic forgetting in continual post‑training of vision‑language models with reinforcement learning, introduces the MRCL benchmark, and proposes a repla…

#continual learning#reinforcement learning#vision-language models#catastrophic forgetting
cs.LG2026

CA-DGCL: Dynamic Graph Continual Learning via Condensation and Attachment

Tingxu Yan Ye Yuan

The paper introduces CA-DGCL, a framework that compresses past graph snapshots into compact representations and uses tensor decomposition to create stable node features, which are…

#dynamic graphs#continual learning#graph representation#tensor decomposition

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