KnowledgeSmith: Uncovering Knowledge Updating in LLMs with Model Editing and Unlearning

ArXi:2510.02392v3 Announce Type: replace Knowledge editing and machine unlearning are two popular approaches for large language models (LLMs) to stay up-to-date. However, the knowledge updating mechanism of LLMs remains largely unexplored due to insufficient, isolated, and small-scale evaluation. For instance, are LLMs similar to humans in modifying certain knowledge? What differs editing and unlearning as