PPO and GRPO: choices for long-horizon training
A post published on June 21, 2026 discusses GRPO’s infrastructure constraints and the declining effect of group-based variance reduction on long sequences, compared with PPO.
Source: Por que PPO pode ser mais adequado que GRPO para tarefas de longo horizonte (arxiv.org). Text prepared with AI from this source.
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Published on June 21, 2026, the post argues that GRPO’s group synchronization creates challenges for training infrastructure and that group-based variance reduction loses effectiveness as sequences grow longer. It presents these points as trade-offs when choosing and scaling reinforcement learning methods.
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