{
  "id": 9256657,
  "title": "The Sirens' Song: When Proximal Background Context Overshadows Distant Evidence",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/the-sirens-song-when-proximal-background-context-overshadows-distant",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-22T17:06:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "arXiv cs.AI",
    "slug": "arxiv-cs-ai",
    "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.26718v1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Long-context LLMs focus on retrieving distant evidence from extensive context, yet existing work has largely focused on overcoming distance alone. In this work, we identify the Proximity Trap, insufficient attention to distant evidence often arises less from distance itself than from cumulative competition with abundant, task-irrelevant proximal background. To address the Proximity Trap, we…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}