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But LLMs do get distracted as more tokens are added to their context window — a phenomenon that has been dubbed “context rot.”
Context rot: the emerging challenge that could hold back LLM progress Timothy B. Lee 2025
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Longer queries with more text mean higher risk of context rot, a reduction in response quality as the context window gets larger and larger.
The Humans in the Loop Deep Dive: TOON Data Serialization with Johann Schopplich The Humans In The Loop 2025
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