Latent Reasoning Landscape in 2026: Mapping BDH-CQ, HRM/TRM, Coconut [D]

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After following various arXiv papers and researcher discussions on X/bluesky about latent reasoning and continual learning, one idea which resonates strongly is that path forward (towards AGI) may depend less on generating ever-longer chains of thought and more on finding architectures that can reason beyond the token stream. LLMs routinely reach correct answers through flawed or fabricated CoT steps, and produce perfectly logical steps that end in wrong answers (Kambhampati, 2025). The trace do