AI Agent Memory Research - Sources

Academic Papers

1. MemGPT: Towards LLMs as Operating Systems

   • Authors: UC Berkeley

   • Published: October 2023

   • URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.08560

   • Key Contribution: Hierarchical memory management inspired by OS virtual memory

2. Generative Agents: Interactive Simulacra of Human Behavior

   • Authors: Stanford University & Google Research

   • Published: April 2023

   • URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.03442

   • Key Contribution: Memory stream, reflection, and planning mechanisms

3. Mem0: Building Production-Ready AI Agents with Scalable Long-Term Memory

   • Authors: Prateek Chhikara et al.

   • Published: April 2025

   • URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.19413

   • Key Contribution: Graph-based memory with 26% accuracy improvement

4. A Survey on the Memory Mechanism of Large Language Model-based Agents

   • Published: ACM Transactions on Information Systems

   • URL: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3748302

   • Key Contribution: Comprehensive taxonomy of memory mechanisms

5. A-Mem: Agentic Memory for LLM Agents

   • URL: https://arxiv.org/html/2502.12110v11

   • Key Contribution: Zettelkasten-inspired dynamic memory organization

Industry Resources

1. Letta (formerly MemGPT) Documentation

   • URL: https://docs.letta.com/

   • GitHub: https://github.com/letta-ai/letta

2. Mem0 - Universal Memory Layer

   • URL: https://mem0.ai/

   • GitHub: https://github.com/mem0ai/mem0

3. LangChain Memory Documentation

   • URL: https://docs.langchain.com/oss/python/langgraph/memory

4. LlamaIndex RAG Guide

   • URL: https://developers.llamaindex.ai/

5. IBM: What Is AI Agent Memory?

   • URL: https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/ai-agent-memory

Blog Posts & Tutorials

1. Building AI Agents with Memory Systems: Cognitive Architectures for LLMs

   • Bluetick Consultants

   • URL: https://www.bluetickconsultants.com/building-ai-agents-with-memory-systems-cognitive-architectures-for-llms/

2. Memory Types in Agentic AI: A Breakdown

   • Author: Gokcer Belgusen

   • URL: https://medium.com/@gokcerbelgusen/memory-types-in-agentic-ai-a-breakdown-523c980921ec

3. Making Sense of Memory in AI Agents

   • Author: Leonie Monigatti

   • URL: https://www.leoniemonigatti.com/blog/memory-in-ai-agents.html

4. Advancing Agentic Memory: Modern Memory Management Architectures

   • Author: Vinithavn

   • URL: https://vinithavn.medium.com/advancing-agentic-memory-an-overview-of-modern-memory-management-architectures-in-llm-agents-8df87b0da58f

5. Long-Term Agentic Memory with LangGraph

   • DeepLearning.AI

   • URL: https://www.deeplearning.ai/short-courses/long-term-agentic-memory-with-langgraph/

6. Build Smarter AI Agents: Manage Short-Term and Long-Term Memory with Redis

   • Redis Blog

   • URL: https://redis.io/blog/build-smarter-ai-agents-manage-short-term-and-long-term-memory-with-redis/

7. Context Engineering for AI Agents Guide

   • Mem0 Blog (October 2025)

   • URL: https://mem0.ai/blog/context-engineering-ai-agents-guide

8. Enhancing Memory Retrieval in Generative Agents through LLM-trained Cross Attention Networks

   • Frontiers in Psychology

   • URL: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1591618/full

Framework Comparisons

1. LangChain vs LlamaIndex: Complete RAG Framework Comparison 2025

   • URL: https://latenode.com/blog/platform-comparisons-alternatives/automation-platform-comparisons/langchain-vs-llamaindex-2025-complete-rag-framework-comparison

2. 15 Best Open-Source RAG Frameworks in 2025

   • Firecrawl

   • URL: https://www.firecrawl.dev/blog/best-open-source-rag-frameworks

Cloud Provider Resources

1. AWS: Building Smarter AI Agents with AgentCore Long-Term Memory

   • URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/building-smarter-ai-agents-agentcore-long-term-memory-deep-dive/

2. AWS + Mem0 Integration

   • URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/build-persistent-memory-for-agentic-ai-applications-with-mem0-open-source-amazon-elasticache-for-valkey-and-amazon-neptune-analytics/

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Compiled: January 2026