AbridgeKV: Compressing Long Reasoning into the KV Cache of Learned Pause Tokens
Compresses each completed block of generated reasoning into the key/value cache of learned pause tokens, then discards the block's original cache. Later tokens attend to the compact replacement.
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arXiv:2610.20641 · Initial submission: 2026-10-07
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Thinking tokens — Give a model extra tokens for computation, such as pauses, filler symbols, or learned planning tokens. These tokens need not spell out the solution.
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