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New generative reward model boosts e-commerce agent performance

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Researchers have developed E-GenRM, a generative reward model specifically designed for open-ended e-commerce shopping agents. This model learns from user behavior data to create diverse conversational trajectories and is optimized through criterion-guided reinforcement learning. E-GenRM aims to improve agent performance by rewarding accurate preference judgments and factually supported claims, and includes an active evidence retrieval extension. In testing, E-GenRM-27B achieved high preference accuracy and, in an A/B test on Taobao, significantly improved shopping assistance rates and user satisfaction. AI

IMPACT This new reward modeling approach could enhance the capabilities of AI shopping assistants, leading to more effective and satisfying user experiences.

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  1. arXiv cs.IR (Information Retrieval) TIER_1 English(EN) · Bo Zheng ·

    E-GenRM: Generative Reward Modeling for Open-Ended E-Commerce Shopping Agents

    We present E-GenRM (E-commerce Generative Reward Model), a generative reward model tailored to e-commerce shopping agents. User expectations are shifting from simple product queries to open-ended shopping tasks. However, existing trajectories and reward designs remain largely bou…

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