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Agents2026-08-08 · source-backed
arXiv 2608.05906 keeps a dual-polarity memory of verified corrections and observed dead ends for Text-to-SQL repair: 66.34% to 69.79% on Spider, 47.35% to 48.44% on BIRD. Then the authors say the quiet part: paired analysis supports the Spider gain but is weak on BIRD, MERIT isn't reliably separated from untyped dynamic retrieval on either benchmark, and Reflexion-style memory reaches 51.24% on BIRD at higher cost. Negative-result honesty in an agent-memory paper is rare enough to be worth reading for the methodology alone.
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Both cover BIRD, Spider, SQL; reported by the same outlet (arxiv.org); overlapping topics (benchmark, bird).
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Both cover Negative; reported by the same outlet (arxiv.org); overlapping topics (author, benchmark).
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Both cover SQL; reported by the same outlet (arxiv.org); overlapping topics (agent, memory).
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Both cover Then; reported by the same outlet (arxiv.org); earlier Then coverage from 2026-08-06.
Both cover Then; reported by the same outlet (arxiv.org); earlier Then coverage from 2026-07-26.
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Both cover Then; overlapping topics (benchmark, cost); earlier Then coverage from 2026-07-14.