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LLM simulates user knowledge using search history data

A new study published on arXiv explores the potential of using individual text corpora, such as search histories, to simulate user-specific knowledge. Researchers found that the Qwen3-1.7B large language model, when fine-tuned with Low-Rank Adaptation, showed promise in predicting individual knowledge responses. While the model outperformed human participants on publicly available questions, it performed worse on non-public ones, suggesting potential training data contamination. The study also demonstrated that integrating individual corpora into retrieval-augmented generation could detect individual knowledge signals, though calibration towards individual response patterns remained a challenge. AI

IMPACT This research could lead to more personalized AI assistants and search functionalities by better understanding individual user knowledge.

RANK_REASON The cluster contains a research paper detailing experiments with LLMs and user-specific knowledge simulation. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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LLM simulates user knowledge using search history data

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  1. arXiv cs.IR (Information Retrieval) TIER_1 English(EN) · Markus J. Hofmann ·

    Individual Text Corpora Predict User-Specific Knowledge: Benchmarks of Individualized Knowledge Simulation

    This study examines whether individual text corpora (ICs) from search histories can be used to simulate individual knowledge. We collected ICs from 316 adults, who answered 36 multiple-choice knowledge items, and compared several large language models (LLMs) on this task, of whic…