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Mitigating Capability Degradation in LLM Self-Improvement via Representation Geometry Regularization
Introduces representation geometry regularization to prevent capability degradation during on-policy self-distillation in language models.
Preprint
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Proposes a training regularization technique, not an LLM evaluation framework or benchmark study.
Localized Generative Design of Ship Hulls with Diffusion Models and High-Fidelity Assessment
Applies a reward-directed diffusion model to optimize localized ship hull geometry evaluated by automated fluid dynamics simulations.
Preprint
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Focuses on ship hull design using diffusion models, not multi-step LLM agents or tool use.
Localized Generative Design of Ship Hulls with Diffusion Models and High-Fidelity Assessment
Applies a reward-directed diffusion model to optimize localized ship hull geometry evaluated by automated fluid dynamics simulations.
Preprint
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Covers CFD evaluation for ship hulls, not LLM evaluation benchmarks or methodologies.
Localized Generative Design of Ship Hulls with Diffusion Models and High-Fidelity Assessment
Applies a reward-directed diffusion model to optimize localized ship hull geometry evaluated by automated fluid dynamics simulations.
Preprint
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Concerns fluid dynamics and physical constraints in engineering, not AI safety or deployment guardrails.
Collaborative Theory of Mind: Learning to Self-Revise by Anticipating User Responses
Trains language models to anticipate user replies and self-revise drafts before responding in multi-turn interactions.
Preprint
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Proposes a training framework for collaborative revision rather than a benchmark.
Collaborative Theory of Mind: Learning to Self-Revise by Anticipating User Responses
Trains language models to anticipate user replies and self-revise drafts before responding in multi-turn interactions.
Preprint
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Focuses on multi-turn user collaboration performance rather than safety guardrails or jailbreaks.
One-Step Text Generation by Seq-Drifting
Proposes a sequence-drifting framework to generate full text sequences in a single forward pass from Gaussian noise.
Preprint
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Investigates one-step text generation architectures rather than deployment safety or robustness.
One-Step Text Generation by Seq-Drifting
Proposes a sequence-drifting framework to generate full text sequences in a single forward pass from Gaussian noise.
Preprint
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Introduces a text generation framework rather than an evaluation benchmark or judge system.
One-Step Text Generation by Seq-Drifting
Proposes a sequence-drifting framework to generate full text sequences in a single forward pass from Gaussian noise.
Preprint
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Proposes a non-autoregressive text generation diffusion method, not autonomous agents.
Mind the Spatial Gap: A Benchmark for Geospatial Reasoning and Constrained Spatial Editing
Presents a benchmark using real urban data to evaluate multimodal language models on spatial reasoning and constrained editing.
Preprint
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Evaluates geospatial reasoning accuracy rather than safety, guardrails, or reliability risks.
Mind the Spatial Gap: A Benchmark for Geospatial Reasoning and Constrained Spatial Editing
Presents a benchmark using real urban data to evaluate multimodal language models on spatial reasoning and constrained editing.
Preprint
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Presents a benchmark for spatial reasoning and editing, not multi-step tool-using agents.
OGPO: Offline Goal-conditioned Policy Optimization for Recoverable Vision-Language-Action Models
Introduces an offline goal-conditioned policy optimization method to help vision-language-action models recover from execution deviations.
Preprint
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Focuses on robotic trajectory recovery rather than AI safety guardrails or jailbreaks.
OGPO: Offline Goal-conditioned Policy Optimization for Recoverable Vision-Language-Action Models
Introduces an offline goal-conditioned policy optimization method to help vision-language-action models recover from execution deviations.
Preprint
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Presents policy optimization for robotics rather than LLM evaluation or benchmark design.
DeFiRank: Federated Pairwise Ranking for Governance in Decentralized Financial Networks
Proposes a federated pairwise ranking framework for institutions to evaluate decentralized finance participants without sharing transaction data.
Preprint
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Focuses on a federated ranking model for financial transactions rather than LLM benchmarks.
DeFiRank: Federated Pairwise Ranking for Governance in Decentralized Financial Networks
Proposes a federated pairwise ranking framework for institutions to evaluate decentralized finance participants without sharing transaction data.
Preprint
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Deals with DeFi governance ranking rather than LLM safety, red-teaming, or guardrails.
DeFiRank: Federated Pairwise Ranking for Governance in Decentralized Financial Networks
Proposes a federated pairwise ranking framework for institutions to evaluate decentralized finance participants without sharing transaction data.
Preprint
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Proposes federated pairwise ranking for blockchain governance, not LLM agents.
AI-Mediation in Retail Markets: Revenue Effects and Assortment Optimization
Studies the impact of AI shopping assistant mediation on retail product assortment planning and business revenue.
Preprint
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Focuses on retail revenue optimization rather than deployment safety, guardrails, or hallucination.
AI-Mediation in Retail Markets: Revenue Effects and Assortment Optimization
Studies the impact of AI shopping assistant mediation on retail product assortment planning and business revenue.
Preprint
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Analyzes retail assortment optimization rather than benchmarking or evaluating LLMs.
AI-Mediation in Retail Markets: Revenue Effects and Assortment Optimization
Studies the impact of AI shopping assistant mediation on retail product assortment planning and business revenue.
Preprint
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Economic study of retail assortment planning under AI recommenders, not agent architectures.
Teaching neural decoders with language
Uses natural language class descriptions as supervision to train neural decoders for brain-computer interfaces across multiple modalities.
Preprint
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Proposes a supervised decoding framework for neural signals, not LLM benchmarking.
Teaching neural decoders with language
Uses natural language class descriptions as supervision to train neural decoders for brain-computer interfaces across multiple modalities.
Preprint
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Focuses on BCI decoding performance rather than deployment safety or model alignment.
Teaching neural decoders with language
Uses natural language class descriptions as supervision to train neural decoders for brain-computer interfaces across multiple modalities.
Preprint
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Deals with brain-computer interface neural decoders rather than LLM agents.
Collaborative Learning and Reasoning over Model Slices
Develops a collaborative learning framework that splits large language models into smaller heterogeneous slices to mitigate error propagation.
Preprint
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Studies multi-model reasoning collaboration rather than deployment safety or jailbreak prevention.
Collaborative Learning and Reasoning over Model Slices
Develops a collaborative learning framework that splits large language models into smaller heterogeneous slices to mitigate error propagation.
Preprint
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Focuses on a multi-model reasoning framework rather than benchmarking or evaluation metrics.
Learning More by Training Less: Uncertainty-Guided Progressive Contraction for Efficient Reasoning Post-Training
Presents an uncertainty-guided framework to compress reasoning supervision trajectories and reduce reasoning post-training costs.
Preprint
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Focuses on reasoning post-training data selection, not autonomous agent execution.
Learning More by Training Less: Uncertainty-Guided Progressive Contraction for Efficient Reasoning Post-Training
Presents an uncertainty-guided framework to compress reasoning supervision trajectories and reduce reasoning post-training costs.
Preprint
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Focuses on training efficiency and reasoning quality rather than safety or reliability.
Learning More by Training Less: Uncertainty-Guided Progressive Contraction for Efficient Reasoning Post-Training
Presents an uncertainty-guided framework to compress reasoning supervision trajectories and reduce reasoning post-training costs.
Preprint
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Introduces a post-training compression framework rather than a testing or benchmark methodology.
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.
Preprint
LLMs for code
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Studies layer selection for speculative decoding, not code generation or program repair.
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.
Preprint
Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Deals with inference acceleration rather than document retrieval or grounded generation.
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.
Preprint
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Focuses on inference efficiency rather than safety, reliability, or red-teaming.
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.
Preprint
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Studies text LLM hidden states and speculative decoding without multimodal elements.
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.
Preprint
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Focuses on speculative decoding acceleration, not autonomous agent planning or actions.
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.
Preprint
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Analyzes internal layer information for inference speedup rather than model benchmarking.
MathVis: Can AI Reason through Drawing? A Benchmark for Mathematical Figure Generation
Presents a benchmark to evaluate language models on generating mathematical figures and diagram-assisted reasoning across frontier problems.
Preprint
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Addresses mathematical reasoning evaluation, not deployment safety, guardrails, or robustness.
MathVis: Can AI Reason through Drawing? A Benchmark for Mathematical Figure Generation
Presents a benchmark to evaluate language models on generating mathematical figures and diagram-assisted reasoning across frontier problems.
Preprint
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Evaluates model reasoning via drawing rather than autonomous multi-step agent systems.
JoyInside-VLM-Agent: Product-Conditioned Multimodal Policy Learning for Embodied Agents
Introduces a multimodal embodied agent policy learning framework using trajectory construction, distillation, and token-level evidence routing.
Preprint
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Presents policy learning and distillation rather than new benchmarks or evaluation methodologies.
JoyInside-VLM-Agent: Product-Conditioned Multimodal Policy Learning for Embodied Agents
Introduces a multimodal embodied agent policy learning framework using trajectory construction, distillation, and token-level evidence routing.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Focuses on robotics manipulation policy learning rather than industrial visual inspection.
JoyInside-VLM-Agent: Product-Conditioned Multimodal Policy Learning for Embodied Agents
Introduces a multimodal embodied agent policy learning framework using trajectory construction, distillation, and token-level evidence routing.
Preprint
Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Uses distillation for policy learning rather than small model compression or efficient serving.
JoyInside-VLM-Agent: Product-Conditioned Multimodal Policy Learning for Embodied Agents
Introduces a multimodal embodied agent policy learning framework using trajectory construction, distillation, and token-level evidence routing.
Preprint
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Addresses policy task performance rather than safety guardrails, jailbreaks, or red-teaming.
MotionCoach: Constructing Multimodal Guidance for Video Professional Motion Editing
Proposes a multimodal agent providing grounded prompts and video clips to guide video editing models in professional sports motions.
Preprint
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Uses an agent workflow as a tool for video editing rather than studying autonomous agents.
MotionCoach: Constructing Multimodal Guidance for Video Professional Motion Editing
Proposes a multimodal agent providing grounded prompts and video clips to guide video editing models in professional sports motions.
Preprint
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Focuses on motion editing quality rather than safety, robustness, or alignment risks.
MotionCoach: Constructing Multimodal Guidance for Video Professional Motion Editing
Proposes a multimodal agent providing grounded prompts and video clips to guide video editing models in professional sports motions.
Preprint
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Introduces VPME for evaluation, but core contribution is a video motion editing method.
MotionCoach: Constructing Multimodal Guidance for Video Professional Motion Editing
Proposes a multimodal agent providing grounded prompts and video clips to guide video editing models in professional sports motions.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Focuses on sports and performance video editing rather than industrial inspection or manufacturing.
SmartSalesBench: A Resistance-Aware Multi-Turn Benchmark for Evaluating LLM Sales Agents
Introduces a multi-turn conversational benchmark to evaluate sales agents against resistant, psychologically grounded buyer personas.
Preprint
Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Benchmark paper with no focus on model quantization, distillation, or efficient serving.
SmartSalesBench: A Resistance-Aware Multi-Turn Benchmark for Evaluating LLM Sales Agents
Introduces a multi-turn conversational benchmark to evaluate sales agents against resistant, psychologically grounded buyer personas.
Preprint
LLMs for code
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Evaluates sales dialogue agents, not models that write, review, or fix code.
SmartSalesBench: A Resistance-Aware Multi-Turn Benchmark for Evaluating LLM Sales Agents
Introduces a multi-turn conversational benchmark to evaluate sales agents against resistant, psychologically grounded buyer personas.
Preprint
Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Uses RAG internally for dialogue grounding but does not contribute to RAG methods.
SmartSalesBench: A Resistance-Aware Multi-Turn Benchmark for Evaluating LLM Sales Agents
Introduces a multi-turn conversational benchmark to evaluate sales agents against resistant, psychologically grounded buyer personas.
Preprint
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Evaluates text-based multi-turn conversational agents without multimodal modalities.
SmartSalesBench: A Resistance-Aware Multi-Turn Benchmark for Evaluating LLM Sales Agents
Introduces a multi-turn conversational benchmark to evaluate sales agents against resistant, psychologically grounded buyer personas.
Preprint
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Evaluates commercial sales performance and persistence rather than safety or guardrails.
Beyond Semantic IDs: Finite-Beam Reachability and Continuous-Query Generation in Generative Recommendation
Proposes continuous-query generation paradigms to eliminate reachability constraints caused by finite-beam decoding over discrete semantic IDs in recommendation.
Preprint
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Focuses on recommender retrieval reachability, not AI safety or deployment guardrails.
Beyond Semantic IDs: Finite-Beam Reachability and Continuous-Query Generation in Generative Recommendation
Proposes continuous-query generation paradigms to eliminate reachability constraints caused by finite-beam decoding over discrete semantic IDs in recommendation.
Preprint
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Presents a continuous-query recommendation architecture rather than LLM evaluation benchmarks.
Beyond Semantic IDs: Finite-Beam Reachability and Continuous-Query Generation in Generative Recommendation
Proposes continuous-query generation paradigms to eliminate reachability constraints caused by finite-beam decoding over discrete semantic IDs in recommendation.
Preprint
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Concerns recommendation system retrieval architecture, not LLM agents taking environment actions.
The Evidence Anchoring Boundary: Where Visual Interventions Matter and When They Help in Multimodal LLMs
Analyzes layer-wise visual interventions in multimodal language models to identify where visual edits effectively reduce hallucinations.
Preprint
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Focuses on general multimodal LLM hallucination rather than industrial computer vision inspection.
The Evidence Anchoring Boundary: Where Visual Interventions Matter and When They Help in Multimodal LLMs
Analyzes layer-wise visual interventions in multimodal language models to identify where visual edits effectively reduce hallucinations.
Preprint
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Investigates intervention mechanics and hallucination reduction rather than proposing a benchmark.
The Evidence Anchoring Boundary: Where Visual Interventions Matter and When They Help in Multimodal LLMs
Analyzes layer-wise visual interventions in multimodal language models to identify where visual edits effectively reduce hallucinations.
Preprint
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Investigates internal representation interventions in vision-language decoders, not agent planning.
Work2Skill: Capturing Human GUI Experience for Reusable Agent Skill Induction
Introduces a framework and multimodal dataset of human desktop demonstrations to induce reusable skills for computer-use agents.
Preprint
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Primary focus is skill induction for agents, though it includes an evaluation dataset.
Work2Skill: Capturing Human GUI Experience for Reusable Agent Skill Induction
Introduces a framework and multimodal dataset of human desktop demonstrations to induce reusable skills for computer-use agents.
Preprint
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Addresses GUI task automation rather than deployment safety, jailbreaks, or guardrails.
What Should SFT Learn? Conditional Information Gain for Generalizable Post-Training
Introduces an information-theoretic framework to reweight supervised fine-tuning data based on conditional information gain.
Preprint
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Pertains strictly to language model post-training without multimodal components.
What Should SFT Learn? Conditional Information Gain for Generalizable Post-Training
Introduces an information-theoretic framework to reweight supervised fine-tuning data based on conditional information gain.
Preprint
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Addresses general supervised fine-tuning techniques, not agent planning or tool use.
What Should SFT Learn? Conditional Information Gain for Generalizable Post-Training
Introduces an information-theoretic framework to reweight supervised fine-tuning data based on conditional information gain.
Preprint
Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Focuses on SFT token weighting rather than retrieval or grounded knowledge bases.
What Should SFT Learn? Conditional Information Gain for Generalizable Post-Training
Introduces an information-theoretic framework to reweight supervised fine-tuning data based on conditional information gain.
Preprint
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Addresses generalization during SFT rather than safety, hallucination mitigation, or robustness.
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