Memory Canonicalization: A Framework and Benchmark for Cross-Model Drift in Persistent LLM Memory

arXiv:2610.05124 · cs.AI · Submitted 2026-10-04 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-10-04

Updated: 2026-10-04

Code: https://github.com/aishwaryalonarkar/cross-model-memory-canonicalization

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Benchmark — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Model Drift — 1× in this paper · explained in 4 episodes

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