Google Research·· 2026-06-25AI score57
Thinking to recall: How reasoning unlocks parametric knowledge in LLMs
Thinking to recall: How reasoning unlocks parametric knowledge in LLMs
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A Google Research paper at COLM 2026 found that enabling chain-of-thought reasoning allows Gemini-2.5 (Flash and Pro) and Qwen3-32B to recall simple single-hop facts they nearly always fail to answer when reasoning is turned off.
Source: Google Research · research.google