An evaluation framework for AI agents external memory systems.
Abstract
This paper introduces an evaluation framework for long-term, user-centric external memory systems for AI agents. Using a synthetic persona and a diverse corpus of 500 chatbot-style conversations, we derive 59 fact-based queries with objective acceptance criteria and measure factual recall across four systems: mem0, ChatGPT Memory, Ontbo/Light, and Ontbo v2. Results show that Ontbo v2 reaches 93.2% recall, outperforming the other approaches, and a stratified analysis highlights how bounded or lossy memory strategies degrade as conversation history grows. The paper details the dataset construction, querying protocol, and evaluation methodology to support reproducible, privacy-preserving benchmarking of agent memory and personalization.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Speech and dialogue systems
AI-based Problem Solving and Planning
Information Retrieval and Search Behavior
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Publication date
- 3 February 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Preprint