Examining GRPO and DeepSeek-R1
Abstract Group Relative Policy Optimization (GRPO) stands out as a remarkable advancement in reinforcement learning (RL), providing a specialized approach that has significantly enhanced the reasoning performance of DeepSeek-R1. Moreover, ongoing references suggest that the soon to be released DeepSeek-R2 may build upon similar methodologies to achieve further improvements. By examining the foundations of GRPO,…