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Beyond Perfect Teammates: Multi-Agent Collaboration with Unreliable Colleagues
This paper introduces UnCoBench to benchmark how language model agents handle unhelpful, incomplete, or missing communications from partner agents.
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LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Introduces UnCoBench to benchmark multi-agent systems facing incomplete or misaligned collaborator inputs.
Deleting Code Without Losing Knowledge: Regenerative Software for Python Libraries
Applies regenerative software primitives so programs can be deleted and rebuilt by agents without losing architectural intent and knowledge.
Ranked #82New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
LLMs for code
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Studies agent-driven code generation, regeneration bundles, and repository maintenance.
LatentLoop: Scaling Looped MoE Models with Asymmetric Compute Allocation
Allocates computation unevenly across passes in looped mixture-of-experts models to improve efficiency without losing performance.
Ranked #83New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Designs looped MoE models with asymmetric compute allocation to improve parameter efficiency.
ActICL: Post-Training for Agentic Multimodal In-Context Learning
The paper proposes an agentic framework enabling multimodal models to identify information gaps and retrieve in-context demonstrations iteratively.
Ranked #83New way to see a problemPreprint5/10 suggested
Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Focuses on progressive and context-aware retrieval of demonstrations for in-context learning.
AgentCIScope: Grounded Contextual Integrity Evaluation for LLM Agents
The paper introduces an executable evaluation platform and benchmark to measure contextual integrity and privacy compliance in multi-step language model agents.
Ranked #83New testPreprint8/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Evaluates whether LLM agents comply with privacy constraints and prevent sensitive information leakage.
LLM-based Code Auditing by Inferring and Evaluating Developer Assumptions
The paper presents a code auditing method that uses language models to infer developer beliefs and flag contradictions as potential vulnerabilities.
Ranked #83New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
LLMs for code
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Uses LLMs to analyze code and detect software vulnerabilities by inferring developer assumptions.
Looking Complete Is Not Being Grounded: Evaluating LLM Sitreps Against Human-Authored Situation Reports
This paper evaluates language-model-generated disaster situation reports against human-written reports using a domain-specific sixteen-slot information schema.
Ranked #83Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Assesses LLM-as-a-judge consistency and evaluation schemas against human expert baselines.
Beyond Perfect Teammates: Multi-Agent Collaboration with Unreliable Colleagues
This paper introduces UnCoBench to benchmark how language model agents handle unhelpful, incomplete, or missing communications from partner agents.
Ranked #83New testPreprint7/10 suggested
AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Examines multi-agent collaboration and error recovery when teammates provide unreliable information.
VEDJE: Video-Efficient Discriminative Joint Encoder for Scalable Video-Text Retrieval
The paper proposes VEDJE, compressing video features into reusable caches with feature-change prediction for efficient and scalable video-text retrieval.
Ranked #83Surprising resultPreprint6/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
On-topic
Addresses video-text multimodal representation compression and retrieval.
Training Reasoning Models to Generate Diverse Scientific Ideas
Introduces a set-level reinforcement learning objective to train language models to produce diverse and document-grounded scientific research ideas.
Ranked #84New way to see a problemPreprint5/10 suggested
Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Studies document-grounded generation requiring models to synthesize across input documents.
Likelihood Is Not Authorship: Can We Reliably Measure Human Contribution in AI-Assisted Writing?
The paper reveals vulnerabilities in prompt-predictability metrics used to estimate human contribution in AI-assisted writing.
Ranked #84Surprising resultPreprint8/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Examines unreliability and exploitability of AI contribution auditing methods relevant for deployment oversight.
CodeLift: Your Test Suite Is Secretly a Dense SWE Curriculum
This paper introduces a reinforcement learning method that calibrates test pass-rate rewards to create adaptive training curricula for software engineering agents.
Ranked #84New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
LLMs for code
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Introduces an RL reward method using test suites to train software engineering coding agents.
LensErase: A Foundation Model for Erase Anything
This paper presents a foundation model and a hundred-million-image dataset for mask-based object, text, and watermark erasure in images.
Ranked #84New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Develops a vision-language foundation model for mask-based image editing and erasing.
Probable but Not Valid: A Psychometric Audit of Decision Models as Synthetic Survey Respondents
This paper audits whether decision models and generative language models can serve as valid synthetic respondents for psychometric surveys.
Ranked #84Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Conducts a psychometric audit benchmarking decision models against human survey responses.
TacitVLA: Reasoning Vision-Language-Action Models Without Reasoning Latency
The paper proposes a vision-language-action model where action execution avoids inference latency by decoupling from explicit reasoning output at runtime.
Ranked #84Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Presents a vision-language-action model that plans and executes robotic actions efficiently.
APEX: Asynchronous Prefix Denoising for Extreme Compression
Introduces an asynchronous prefix denoising framework for extreme latent compression in diffusion models.
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Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
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Develops an asynchronous latent prefix denoising method for extreme compression and efficiency.
Intern Lumina U2: A Multi-Codebook Diffusion Large Language Model for Omni-Visual Understanding and Image Generation
Uses a multi-codebook diffusion language model to jointly represent text and discrete visual tokens for multimodal generation.
Ranked #85New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Introduces a unified multimodal diffusion model spanning text and visual understanding and generation.
OpCredit: Operation-Aware Policy Learning for Agentic Knowledge Graph Question Answering
The paper proposes OpCredit, a policy learning framework that assigns individual operation credits for agentic knowledge graph question answering.
Ranked #85New way to see a problemPreprint5/10 suggested
Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Focuses on knowledge graph question answering via iterative navigation over external knowledge graphs.
What You Sign Is Not What You Run: The Verifiability Gap in Quantized LLM Supply Chains
This paper examines the verifiability gap in quantized model supply chains, showing that common GGUF artifacts lack necessary build environment disclosures.
Ranked #85Surprising resultPreprint8/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Identifies security and verifiability vulnerabilities in quantized LLM supply chains.
SPROUT: Scaling Agentic Reinforcement Learning for Long-Horizon Software Engineering
The paper presents SPROUT, a snapshot-based rollout framework to scale reinforcement learning for long-horizon software engineering tasks.
Ranked #85Surprising resultPreprint6/10 suggested
LLMs for code
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Scales reinforcement learning for long-horizon software engineering agents.
Judges Follow the Reference: The Derivation Gap in Verifying Tool-Call Arguments
The authors identify a derivation gap where LLM judges reject correct tool arguments lacking direct textual references, and propose a dedicated reference model.
Ranked #85Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Focuses directly on tool-call verification and judges for LLM agents.
Judges Follow the Reference: The Derivation Gap in Verifying Tool-Call Arguments
The authors identify a derivation gap where LLM judges reject correct tool arguments lacking direct textual references, and propose a dedicated reference model.
Ranked #85Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Evaluates and improves LLM-as-a-judge reliability for tool argument verification.
Continually Post-training Small Models via Synthetic Self-distillation
Proposes a synthetic self-distillation method using a slightly larger aligner to enable continual post-training in small language models.
Ranked #85New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
On-topic
Investigates self-distillation to enable continual post-training specifically for small, on-device models.
From Long Context to Selective Memory:A Survey of Memory-Centric Compression for Large Language Models
The paper surveys memory-centric compression techniques for managing inference resources and context windows in large language models.
Ranked #86New way to see a problemPreprint5/10 suggested
Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Analyzes memory management and retrieval augmentation for long-context inference.
Beyond Downstream QA: Rethinking How We Evaluate Agent Memory
The paper presents a benchmark that isolates agent memory evolution from downstream retrieval and generation failures.
Ranked #86Surprising resultPreprint8/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Examines failure modes and unreliability in agent memory systems.
DeltaStreamer: Towards Human-Like Agentic Streaming Video Understanding
This paper proposes an agentic video framework combining change-aware memory and targeted replay for streaming video understanding.
Ranked #86New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Focuses on multimodal understanding of streaming video using visual memory and planning.
Diagnosing Generalization Boundaries in AI-Based Vulnerability Detection via Calibrated Embedding Distances
The paper evaluates embedding distance metrics to detect generalization boundaries and distribution shifts in AI-based code vulnerability models.
Ranked #86New testPreprint6/10 suggested
LLMs for code
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Evaluates code models like CodeBERT and Qwen-Coder on software vulnerability detection.
Self-Distillation with Verbal Regularization
This paper proposes verbal regularization prompts for on-policy self-distillation to prevent teacher models from taking shortcut reasoning paths.
Ranked #86New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Studies distillation techniques to improve model learning and reasoning efficiency.
Does a Governed Confidence Score Know When a Text-to-SQL Answer Is Right? An Exploratory Study on BIRD and a Pre-registered Confirmation on Spider
The paper audits an enterprise confidence scoring mechanism for text-to-SQL models on the BIRD and Spider benchmarks.
Ranked #86Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Audits confidence scoring reliability on text-to-SQL benchmarks.
Humanize MLE Agents: Multi-Agent Session Alternation Beyond Single-Agent Limits
Presents a framework alternating multi-agent sessions across context resets to overcome reasoning degradation in long-horizon machine learning engineering.
Ranked #86Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
On-topic
Proposes multi-agent session alternation to overcome single-agent performance degradation in machine learning tasks.
Idea2Prior: Auditable Paper Retrieval and Ranking from Research Ideas
Presents a multi-stage search system that retrieves and ranks relevant scientific literature directly from informal research ideas.
Ranked #87New way to see a problemPreprint5/10 suggested
Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Presents an auditable retrieval and ranking system grounded in external academic literature.
Believed but Not Said: Measuring Hidden Belief Collapse in Multi-Agent LLM Discussions
The paper demonstrates that a single adversarial agent can cause benign models in multi-agent discussions to quietly adopt false beliefs.
Ranked #87Surprising resultPreprint8/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Reveals vulnerability to adversarial influence and unmonitored belief collapse in deployed agents.
Does Failure Feedback Direct Agent Self-Modification?
Evaluates whether failure feedback helps self-improving agents fix specific target bugs rather than general errors.
Ranked #87Surprising resultPreprint6/10 suggested
LLMs for code
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Analyzes how failure feedback directs automated code and prompt self-modification in coding agents.
Data-Centric Recursive Self-Improvement for Navigation via Policy-Synchronized Language-Action Dual Bootstrapping
This paper introduces a recursive self-improvement method that unifies instruction-following and instruction generation within a shared model for vision-language navigation.
Ranked #87New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Unifies vision-language instruction following and generation for multimodal agent navigation.
Simplifying and Improving On-Policy Distillation for Few-Step Diffusion
Proposes Simplified Matching Distillation, a regression-based on-policy method that enables four-step generation for diffusion models.
Ranked #87New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Introduces an efficient distillation technique to drastically reduce diffusion model sampling steps and cost.
Quality, Not Just Outcome: A Structural Scoring Framework for Selecting Coding-Agent Trajectories for Supervised Fine-Tuning
Presents a structural scoring framework to select high-quality coding agent trajectories for supervised fine-tuning based on interaction efficiency.
Ranked #87New way to see a problemPreprint7/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
On-topic
Proposes a structural trajectory quality scoring system without relying on LLM-as-a-judge.
Quality, Not Just Outcome: A Structural Scoring Framework for Selecting Coding-Agent Trajectories for Supervised Fine-Tuning
Presents a structural scoring framework to select high-quality coding agent trajectories for supervised fine-tuning based on interaction efficiency.
Ranked #87New way to see a problemPreprint7/10 suggested
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
On-topic
Examines trajectory quality metrics to fine-tune autonomous coding agents.
The Self-Improvement Problem
The paper formalizes the theoretical limits of automated gates evaluating self-improvement updates in autonomous agent code.
Ranked #88New way to see a problemPreprint8/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Formalizes safety and reliability bounds on autonomous agent self-modification.
State-Aware Generation of Deployable Websites from Visual Prototypes and Requirements
The paper introduces a graph framework to maintain consistency across visual elements, workflows, and code when generating websites from prototypes.
Ranked #88New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
LLMs for code
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:19
On-topic
Presents a method for multimodal models to generate full-stack deployable code from prototypes and requirements.
Simplifying and Improving On-Policy Distillation for Few-Step Diffusion
Proposes Simplified Matching Distillation, a regression-based on-policy method that enables four-step generation for diffusion models.
Ranked #88New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Applies few-step distillation across multimodal generation tasks including audio-video and 3D synthesis.
Local Citation Recommendation Without Graph Signals
The paper introduces a dataset and citation recommendation system that retrieves relevant scientific papers without relying on citation graphs.
Ranked #88New testPreprint4/10 suggested
Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Introduces a dataset and methods for sentence-level reference retrieval.
EvoCowork: A Benchmark for Real-World Office Tasks
This paper introduces a 240-task benchmark to evaluate recursive self-improvement in agents across diverse real-world office workflows.
Ranked #88New testPreprint7/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Presents a benchmark and protocol for evaluating harness-level agent self-improvement.
PrivacyGuard: Source-Linked Sanitization and Locally Resolvable PII References for Cloud GUI Agents
The paper presents PrivacyGuard, a framework using source-linked sanitization and local references to prevent personal data leakage in cloud GUI agents.
Ranked #88New way to see a problemPreprint7/10 suggested
AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Secures cloud GUI agents taking actions across multi-turn interactions.
Contextual Correction of Parallel Draftsfor Speculative Decoding
Introduces a lightweight correction mechanism to restore token dependencies during parallel draft generation in speculative decoding.
Ranked #88Surprising resultPreprint6/10 suggested
Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
On-topic
Develops a contextual correction technique for speculative decoding to accelerate LLM inference throughput.
Orbia: Do Generated Videos Form a Consistent 3D World?
Presents a benchmark to evaluate 3D consistency, input preservation, and content persistence in interactive video world models.
Ranked #89New testPreprint6/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Evaluates 3D spatial consistency and physical persistence in generative video world models.
Stronger Judges Do Not See More: Deployment-Integrity Blindness in LLM Evaluation
Introduces a benchmark measuring how output-only model judges fail to detect tampered runtime environments in agent deployments.
Ranked #89Surprising resultPreprint8/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Examines deployment-integrity blindness and security risks where tampered runtime stacks bypass evaluation.
Reviewing Beyond the Change: Repository Size and Existing Code Across Agent and Human Pull Requests
The paper studies how often human and agent pull request reviews reference existing repository code outside the submitted change.
Ranked #89Surprising resultPreprint6/10 suggested
LLMs for code
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:19
On-topic
Analyzes how human reviewers interact with code generated by software engineering AI agents.
LongHisDoc: A Comprehensive Benchmark for Chinese Long Historical Document Understanding
This paper introduces a benchmark of expert-annotated question-answer pairs to evaluate multimodal comprehension of long historical Chinese documents.
Ranked #89New testPreprint4/10 suggested
Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Benchmarking retriever performance and end-to-end RAG on long documents.
Hybrid Reasoning Agents
The paper proposes an agent architecture that dynamically switches between latent reasoning and text interaction while maintaining external tool access.
Ranked #89New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Explores latent reasoning to make agent deliberation more token-efficient than text CoT.
A Distributional Framework for Behavioral Characterization and Risk Management of Large Language Models
Presents a Monte Carlo simulation framework to quantify distributional response shifts and model risks across language model lifecycles.
Ranked #89New way to see a problemPreprint7/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:29
On-topic
Proposes a Monte Carlo distributional framework to test and characterize stochastic LLM behaviors.
Beyond Binary Verifiable Rewards: Behavioral Self-Rewarding for SWE Agents
Introduces behavioral self-rewarding to refine reinforcement learning feedback for software engineering agents by comparing execution trajectories.
Ranked #89New way to see a problemPreprint7/10 suggested
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
On-topic
Investigates self-rewarding reinforcement learning strategies specifically to improve software engineering agents.
Can World and Action Modeling Benefit Each Other under Unified Causal Training?
Tests whether jointly training action-conditioned world models and robot policy models in a single architecture improves both tasks.
Ranked #90Surprising resultPreprint6/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Investigates unified training of vision, video dynamics, and robotic actions.
When Judges Agree and Are Wrong: Consistency-Accuracy Dissociation as a Blind Spot for Label-Free Evaluation
Examines failure modes in label-free evaluation where models reach high consistency across perturbations while generating identical incorrect answers.
Ranked #90Surprising resultPreprint8/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Highlights hidden failure modes in reliability metrics where models consistently produce identical wrong answers.
Executable but Unfaithful: Mock Object, Stub, and Assertion Generation by LLMs and Coding Agents
The paper introduces a benchmark to evaluate how accurately language models and coding agents generate mock objects, stubs, and assertions.
Ranked #90New testPreprint6/10 suggested
LLMs for code
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:19
On-topic
Evaluates LLMs and coding agents on generating software mocks and stubs.
EvoCowork: A Benchmark for Real-World Office Tasks
This paper introduces a 240-task benchmark to evaluate recursive self-improvement in agents across diverse real-world office workflows.
Ranked #90New testPreprint7/10 suggested
AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Evaluates recursive self-improvement and procedural performance of agents on office workflows.
FASHION-RQ: Mining Hierarchical Semantic Structure for Automated Evaluation of Fashion Retrieval
Introduces FASHION-RQ, an automated framework deriving hierarchical evaluation benchmarks for fashion retrieval directly from catalog structures.
Ranked #90New testPreprint4/10 suggested
Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Focuses on semantic retrieval, ranking, and fine-grained relevance evaluation for search systems.
When Charts Deceive Web Agents: A Paired Benchmark for Misleading Visualization-Grounded Tasks
Introduces a benchmark evaluating how misleading visualizations and charts affect the multi-step execution and decisions of web agents.
Ranked #90New testPreprint7/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
On-topic
Presents MisVisAgentBench, an executable benchmark measuring agent task performance and failure modes.
Surfing the Activation Wave: Analyzing the Information and Geometry of LLM Hidden States for Speculative Decoding
Proposes matrix-entropy and kernel alignment criteria to select optimal layer subsets of hidden states for speculative decoding.
Ranked #90New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
On-topic
Proposes multi-layer selection to optimize speculative decoding for efficient model inference.
Screwtape: Adversarial Transcript Editing for Monitor Red-Teaming
The paper introduces an adversarial editing pipeline that alters agent execution transcripts to red-team action-monitoring safety systems.
Ranked #91Surprising resultPreprint8/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Addresses safety guardrails and monitoring evasion in deployed AI agents.
Rethinking SZZ Search Strategies: Lessons from Claude Code
The paper studies whether flexible search strategies used by coding agents improve the identification of commits that introduce software bugs.
Ranked #91Surprising resultPreprint6/10 suggested
LLMs for code
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:19
On-topic
Analyzes Claude Code's repository search strategies for bug-inducing commit identification.
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