Understanding Data Temporality Impact on Large Language Models Pre-training

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Learn how data temporality affects large language models' pre-training and acquire time-sensitive factual knowledge

advanced Published 23 May 2026
Action Steps
  1. Analyze the effect of data ordering on LLMs' acquisition of time-sensitive factual knowledge
  2. Evaluate the performance of LLMs trained on shuffled corpora versus temporally ordered data
  3. Implement a benchmark to assess the impact of pre-training dynamics on LLMs
  4. Investigate the relationship between data temporality and LLMs' ability to capture temporal grounding
  5. Apply the findings to improve the pre-training process of LLMs and enhance their temporal understanding
Who Needs to Know This

NLP engineers and researchers can benefit from understanding the impact of data temporality on LLMs' pre-training, enabling them to develop more accurate and up-to-date models

Key Insight

💡 Data temporality significantly affects LLMs' acquisition of time-sensitive factual knowledge, and understanding this impact can improve model accuracy and temporal grounding

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Learn how data temporality affects large language models' pre-training and acquire time-sensitive factual knowledge

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Title: Understanding Data Temporality Impact on Large Language Models Pre-training

Abstract:
arXiv:2605.22769v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) are typically trained on shuffled corpora, yielding models whose knowledge is frozen at train time and whose temporal grounding remains poorly understood. In this work, we study the impact of pre-training dynamics on the acquisition of time-sensitive factual knowledge, focusing specifically on data ordering. Our main contributions are twofold. First, we introduce a comprehensive benchmark of over 7,000 temporally grou
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