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MMA: Multimodal Memory Agent

arXiv 2602.16493 ↗First posted 18 Feb 2026cs.CVcited by 4

On the map: LLM agents and tool use → Agent memory systems

Abstract (arXiv)

Long-horizon multimodal agents depend on external memory; however, similarity-based retrieval often surfaces stale, low-credibility, or conflicting items, which can trigger overconfident errors. We propose Multimodal Memory Agent (MMA), which assigns each retrieved memory item a dynamic reliability score by combining source credibility, temporal decay, and conflict-aware network consensus, and uses this signal to reweight evidence and abstain when support is insufficient. We also introduce MMA-Bench, a programmatically generated benchmark for belief dynamics with controlled speaker reliability and structured text-vision contradictions. Using this framework, we uncover the "Visual Placebo Effect", revealing how RAG-based agents inherit latent visual biases from foundation models. On FEVER, MMA matches baseline accuracy while reducing variance by 35.2% and improving selective utility; on LoCoMo, a safety-oriented configuration improves actionable accuracy and reduces wrong answers; on MMA-Bench, MMA reaches 41.18% Type-B accuracy in Vision mode, while the baseline collapses to 0.0% under the same protocol. Code: https://github.com/AIGeeksGroup/MMA.

Key facts. Cited by 4 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026). Placed in Agent memory systems, one of 16 directions in LLM agents and tool use. Builds on 15 of its 22 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 18 Feb 2026.

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Closest ancestors · 6

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  1. 2025MemGen: Weaving Generative Latent Memory for Self-Evolving Agents29 Sep
  2. 2025MIRIX: Multi-Agent Memory System for LLM-Based Agents10 Jul
  3. 2025MEM1: Learning to Synergize Memory and Reasoning for Efficient Long-Horizon Agents18 Jun
  4. 2025How Memory Management Impacts LLM Agents: An Empirical Study of Experience-Following Behavior21 May
  5. 2025A-MEM: Agentic Memory for LLM Agents17 Feb
  6. 2024Evaluating Very Long-Term Conversational Memory of LLM Agents27 Feb

Other references · 9

  1. 2023Generative Agents: Interactive Simulacra of Human Behaviorcited by 3,568
  2. 2023LongBench: A Bilingual, Multitask Benchmark for Long Context Understandingcited by 1,417
  3. 2023MemGPT: Towards LLMs as Operating Systemscited by 1,389
  4. 2018FEVER: a large-scale dataset for Fact Extraction and VERificationcited by 1,375
  5. 2024RULER: What's the Real Context Size of Your Long-Context Language Models?cited by 1,346
  6. 2017Selective Classification for Deep Neural Networkscited by 852
  7. 2023A Stitch in Time Saves Nine: Detecting and Mitigating Hallucinations of LLMs by Validating Low-Confidence Generationcited by 206
  8. 2025Training LLMs for Honesty via Confessionscited by 22
  9. 2025When Modalities Conflict: How Unimodal Reasoning Uncertainty Governs Preference Dynamics in MLLMscited by 21

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  1. 2026SMMBench: A Benchmark for Source-Distributed Multimodal Agent Memory
  2. 2026PMMC: Prospective Multimodal Memory Compilation for Long-Term LVLM Agents
  3. 2026GraphMemix: Query-Aware Evidence Forests for Long-Term Multimodal Agent Memory
  4. 2026V-Mem: Modality-Routed Retrieval for Long-Term Multimodal Agentic Memory
  5. 2026MEMO: Multimodal Evidence Memory Organization for Long-Horizon LLM Agents
  6. 2026M3Exam: Benchmarking Multimodal Memory for Realistic User-Agent Interactions
  7. 2026V-Retrver: Evidence-Driven Agentic Reasoning for Universal Multimodal Retrieval
  8. 2026DREAM: Dynamic Resolution Assignment For Multimodal Multi-agent Debate