How Data and Verifiers Shape RLVR | Snorkel AI
Learn how RLVR uses verifiable rewards to train models, how training data and verifier design shape performance, and where RLVR still struggles with agents and long-horizon tasks.
Learn how RLVR uses verifiable rewards to train models, how training data and verifier design shape performance, and where RLVR still struggles with agents and long-horizon tasks. TL;DR RLVR trains models using rewards from outcomes that can be checked programmatically, such as correct answers, executable code, or valid structured outputs. Verifiability alone does not produce effective training. Task composition, difficulty, verifier design, and the available optimization budget shape what the model learns. In Snorkel’s experiments, 100 mixed-difficulty examples reached 44.2% mean test…
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