AI Agents papers, 2023–2026

Tool-using, multi-step autonomous LLM and VLM agent systems

Scope: NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML and CVPR, 2023–2026. 3,266 papers are tagged with this topic.

Key findings

Papers per year

Papers per venue

Counts by year and venue

AI Agents papers by year and venue
YearNeurIPSICLRICMLCVPRTotal
202376404113170
2024150738818329
202536220417840784
20267295006401141,983

Representative papers

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All AI Agents papers

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  1. ICLR 2024Sample-Efficient Multi-Agent RL: An Optimization Perspective
  2. ICLR 2024Select to Perfect: Imitating desired behavior from large multi-agent data
  3. ICLR 2024SKILL-MIX: a Flexible and Expandable Family of Evaluations for AI Models
  4. ICLR 2024SmartPlay : A Benchmark for LLMs as Intelligent Agents
  5. ICLR 2024SocioDojo: Building Lifelong Analytical Agents with Real-world Text and Time Series
  6. ICLR 2024Solving Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Cooperative Tasks with Greedy Sequential Execution
  7. ICLR 2024SOTOPIA: Interactive Evaluation for Social Intelligence in Language Agents
  8. ICLR 2024Steve-Eye: Equipping LLM-based Embodied Agents with Visual Perception in Open Worlds
  9. ICLR 2024Synapse: Trajectory-as-Exemplar Prompting with Memory for Computer Control
  10. ICLR 2024The LLM Surgeon
  11. ICLR 2024Think-on-Graph: Deep and Responsible Reasoning of Large Language Model on Knowledge Graph
  12. ICLR 2024THOUGHT PROPAGATION: AN ANALOGICAL APPROACH TO COMPLEX REASONING WITH LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS
  13. ICLR 2024ToolChain*: Efficient Action Space Navigation in Large Language Models with A* Search
  14. ICLR 2024ToolLLM: Facilitating Large Language Models to Master 16000+ Real-world APIs
  15. ICLR 2024ToRA: A Tool-Integrated Reasoning Agent for Mathematical Problem Solving
  16. ICLR 2024Towards Robust Multi-Modal Reasoning via Model Selection
  17. ICLR 2024Trajeglish: Traffic Modeling as Next-Token Prediction
  18. ICLR 2024Tree-Planner: Efficient Close-loop Task Planning with Large Language Models
  19. ICLR 2024Tuning LayerNorm in Attention: Towards Efficient Multi-Modal LLM Finetuning
  20. ICLR 2024Two-stage LLM Fine-tuning with Less Specialization and More Generalization
  21. ICLR 2024Variance Reduced Halpern Iteration for Finite-Sum Monotone Inclusions
  22. ICLR 2024WebArena: A Realistic Web Environment for Building Autonomous Agents
  23. ICLR 2024Whittle Index with Multiple Actions and State Constraint for Inventory Management

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FAQ

How many AI Agents papers were published at NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML and CVPR from 2023 to 2026?
3,266 in total: 170 in 2023, 329 in 2024, 784 in 2025, 1,983 in 2026.
How many AI Agents papers are at NeurIPS 2026?
NeurIPS 2026 has 729 AI Agents papers, versus 362 the year before.
How many AI Agents papers are at ICLR 2026?
ICLR 2026 has 500 AI Agents papers, versus 204 the year before.
How many AI Agents papers are at ICML 2026?
ICML 2026 has 640 AI Agents papers, versus 178 the year before.
How many AI Agents papers are at CVPR 2026?
CVPR 2026 has 114 AI Agents papers, versus 40 the year before.
Which conference publishes the most AI Agents papers?
NeurIPS, with 1,317 papers from 2023 to 2026.

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