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Yirong Zeng

5 accepted papers

2026

AutoTool: Automatic Scaling of Tool-Use Capabilities in RL via Decoupled Entropy Constraints

ICLR 2026poster

Tool use represents a critical capability for AI agents, with recent advances focusing on leveraging reinforcement learning (RL) for test-time scaling to achieve better performance through more deliberate reasoning. However, there are some key challenges in current RL-based scaling approaches: (a)…

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2025

Exploring Large Language Models for Effective Rumor Detection on Social Media

NAACL 2025long

In this paper, we explore using Large Language Models (LLMs) for rumor detection on social media. It involves assessing the veracity of claims on social media based on social context (e.g., comments, propagation patterns). LLMs, despite their impressive capabilities in text-based reasoning tasks, st…

Cited by 0SourcePDFScholar
2025

Tool Zero: Training Tool-Augmented LLMs via Pure RL from Scratch

EMNLP 2025

Training tool-augmented LLMs has emerged as a promising approach to enhancing language models’ capabilities for complex tasks. The current supervised fine-tuning paradigm relies on constructing extensive domain-specific datasets to train models. However, this approach often struggles to generalize e

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2025

iTool: Reinforced Fine-Tuning with Dynamic Deficiency Calibration for Advanced Tool Use

EMNLP 2025

Augmenting large language models (LLMs) with external tools is a promising approach to enhance their capabilities, especially for complex tasks. Synthesizing tool-use data through real-world simulations is an effective way to achieve this. However, our investigation reveals that training gains signi

2024

RU22Fact: Optimizing Evidence for Multilingual Explainable Fact-Checking on Russia-Ukraine Conflict

COLING 2024main

Fact-checking is the task of verifying the factuality of a given claim by examining the available evidence. High-quality evidence plays a vital role in enhancing fact-checking systems and facilitating the generation of explanations that are understandable to humans. However, the provision of both su…