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HOW-LLMS-WORK5 MIN READ

The Vanishing Policy

Explain why a model may miss facts that are outside or buried inside the usable context window.

The updated leave policy was mentioned far earlier in the chat. Jon needs an accurate leave-policy summary. The chat is very long, and the model just answered from an old rule. What is the best next move? Start a fresh request with the current policy excerpt, ask for a summary from that excerpt only, and remove unrelated history. Right. This manages the context window by putting the relevant source into the model's working memory and reducing distractors. Keep asking the model to remember the attachment from earlier. Weaker. The issue is not politeness or effort; the model may not have…

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