DR Tulu: Reinforcement Learning with Evolving Rubrics for Deep Research

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2511.19399v2
• Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 14:52:10 GMT
• Title: DR Tulu: Reinforcement Learning with Evolving Rubrics for Deep Research
• Authors: Rulin Shao, Akari Asai, Shannon Zejiang Shen, Hamish Ivison, Varsha Kishore, Jingming Zhuo, Xinran Zhao, Molly Park, Samuel G. Finlayson, David Sontag, Tyler Murray, Sewon Min, Pradeep Dasigi, Luca Soldaini, Faeze Brahman, Wen-tau Yih, Tongshuang Wu, Luke Zettlemoyer, Yoon Kim, Hannaneh Hajishirzi, Pang Wei Koh,
• Abstract summary: Deep research models perform multi-step research to produce long-form, well-attributed answers.<n>Most open deep research models are trained on short-form QA tasks via reinforcement learning with verifiable rewards.<n>We develop Deep Research Tulu (DR Tulu-8B), the first open model that is directly trained for open-ended, long-form deep research.
• Score: 152.2148664328137
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Deep research models perform multi-step research to produce long-form, well-attributed answers. However, most open deep research models are trained on easily verifiable short-form QA tasks via reinforcement learning with verifiable rewards (RLVR), which does not extend to realistic long-form tasks. We address this with Reinforcement Learning with Evolving Rubrics (RLER), in which we construct and maintain rubrics that co-evolve with the policy model during training; this allows the rubrics to incorporate information that the model has newly explored and to provide discriminative, on-policy feedback. Using RLER, we develop Deep Research Tulu (DR Tulu-8B), the first open model that is directly trained for open-ended, long-form deep research. Across four long-form deep research benchmarks in science, healthcare and general domains, DR Tulu substantially outperforms existing open deep research models, and matches or exceeds proprietary deep research systems, while being significantly smaller and cheaper per query. To facilitate future research, we release all data, models, and code, including our new MCP-based agent infrastructure for deep research systems.

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