2026 LLM RL Landscape: From PPO to Agentic RL — Algorithms, Trade-offs & Selection Guide
This article surveys the 2026 reinforcement learning landscape for large language models, detailing foundational algorithms (PPO, DPO, GRPO), advanced GRPO variants (DAPO, GSPO, GMPO, GFPO), emerging Agentic RL methods (ARPO, Tree-GRPO), and a practical scenario-based selection table.
