Parametric Retrieval Memory for Language Models, A Survey of Generative AI in Recommender Systems, and More!

Vol.116 for Aug 04 - Aug 10, 2025

Stay Ahead of the Curve with the Latest Advancements and Discoveries in Information Retrieval.

This week’s newsletter highlights the following research:

1. Parametric Retrieval Memory for Language Models, from Wei et al.

2. A Comprehensive Survey of Generative AI in Recommender Systems, from Deldjoo et al.

3. Questioning the Effectiveness of Multimodal Information in Recommendation Systems, from Nanyang Technological University

4. A Multi-Dimensional Framework for Assessing Sampling Reliability in Offline Recommender System Evaluation, from Pereira et al.

5. Rapid Online Evaluation Methods for E-commerce Search Ranking, from Airbnb

6. A Foundation Model Approach with Lightweight Surface-Specific Experts, from Meta

7. A Unified Two-Tower Architecture for Multi-Intent E-commerce Recommendations, from Allegro

8. A Production-Scale Solution for Exploratory Recommendations, from Meituan

9. Bridging Supervised Learning and Reinforcement Learning for Large-Scale Recommendation Systems, from Pinterest

10. Overcoming RAG Limitations through Tool-Augmented Retrieval Agents, from Baidu