LongWriter: Unleashing 10,000+ Word Generation from Long Context LLMs

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Auteurs principaux: Bai, Yushi, Zhang, Jiajie, Lv, Xin, Zheng, Linzhi, Zhu, Siqi, Hou, Lei, Dong, Yuxiao, Tang, Jie, Li, Juanzi
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author Bai, Yushi
Zhang, Jiajie
Lv, Xin
Zheng, Linzhi
Zhu, Siqi
Hou, Lei
Dong, Yuxiao
Tang, Jie
Li, Juanzi
author_facet Bai, Yushi
Zhang, Jiajie
Lv, Xin
Zheng, Linzhi
Zhu, Siqi
Hou, Lei
Dong, Yuxiao
Tang, Jie
Li, Juanzi
contents Current long context large language models (LLMs) can process inputs up to 100,000 tokens, yet struggle to generate outputs exceeding even a modest length of 2,000 words. Through controlled experiments, we find that the model's effective generation length is inherently bounded by the sample it has seen during supervised fine-tuning (SFT). In other words, their output limitation is due to the scarcity of long-output examples in existing SFT datasets. To address this, we introduce AgentWrite, an agent-based pipeline that decomposes ultra-long generation tasks into subtasks, enabling off-the-shelf LLMs to generate coherent outputs exceeding 20,000 words. Leveraging AgentWrite, we construct LongWriter-6k, a dataset containing 6,000 SFT data with output lengths ranging from 2k to 32k words. By incorporating this dataset into model training, we successfully scale the output length of existing models to over 10,000 words while maintaining output quality. We also develop LongBench-Write, a comprehensive benchmark for evaluating ultra-long generation capabilities. Our 9B parameter model, further improved through DPO, achieves state-of-the-art performance on this benchmark, surpassing even much larger proprietary models. In general, our work demonstrates that existing long context LLM already possesses the potential for a larger output window--all you need is data with extended output during model alignment to unlock this capability. Our code & models are at: https://github.com/THUDM/LongWriter.
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spellingShingle LongWriter: Unleashing 10,000+ Word Generation from Long Context LLMs
Bai, Yushi
Zhang, Jiajie
Lv, Xin
Zheng, Linzhi
Zhu, Siqi
Hou, Lei
Dong, Yuxiao
Tang, Jie
Li, Juanzi
Computation and Language
Machine Learning
Current long context large language models (LLMs) can process inputs up to 100,000 tokens, yet struggle to generate outputs exceeding even a modest length of 2,000 words. Through controlled experiments, we find that the model's effective generation length is inherently bounded by the sample it has seen during supervised fine-tuning (SFT). In other words, their output limitation is due to the scarcity of long-output examples in existing SFT datasets. To address this, we introduce AgentWrite, an agent-based pipeline that decomposes ultra-long generation tasks into subtasks, enabling off-the-shelf LLMs to generate coherent outputs exceeding 20,000 words. Leveraging AgentWrite, we construct LongWriter-6k, a dataset containing 6,000 SFT data with output lengths ranging from 2k to 32k words. By incorporating this dataset into model training, we successfully scale the output length of existing models to over 10,000 words while maintaining output quality. We also develop LongBench-Write, a comprehensive benchmark for evaluating ultra-long generation capabilities. Our 9B parameter model, further improved through DPO, achieves state-of-the-art performance on this benchmark, surpassing even much larger proprietary models. In general, our work demonstrates that existing long context LLM already possesses the potential for a larger output window--all you need is data with extended output during model alignment to unlock this capability. Our code & models are at: https://github.com/THUDM/LongWriter.
title LongWriter: Unleashing 10,000+ Word Generation from Long Context LLMs
topic Computation and Language
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.07055