Can Large Models Really Understand 1 M Tokens? Lessons from the RULER Benchmark
The article examines why a model’s advertised context window (e.g., 128 K or 1 M tokens) does not guarantee effective long‑context reasoning, summarizing the RULER framework that breaks long‑context ability into retrieval, interference resistance, multi‑hop tracking, aggregation, and multi‑answer recall, and offering practical guidance for evaluating and using such models.
