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Patch where the text is new: a compression view of where byte-level models should spend compute
Introduces a compression-based patching strategy for byte-level language models that allocates compute where upcoming bytes are unlikely to repeat.
Ranked #206Surprising resultPreprint6/10 suggested
Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Optimizes compute allocation and patch budgets in byte-level language models.
Reference-Guided Turn-Taking Style Transfer for Full-Duplex Spoken Language Models
The paper identifies an internal activation direction in spoken language models to control and transfer conversational turn-taking styles.
Ranked #206Surprising resultPreprint6/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Explores full-duplex spoken language models and voice conversational turn-taking dynamics.
Similar Models, Broken Odds: Where Luce's Axiom Fails in Chatbot Arena
The paper shows that the Bradley-Terry model fails on Chatbot Arena for similar models, and introduces a parameter-efficient correction for ties.
Ranked #206Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Analyzes Chatbot Arena ranking dynamics and failure points of the Bradley-Terry benchmark model.
Beyond Maliciousness: Static and Runtime Attack-Surface Profiling of Agent Skills
The paper profiles the security attack surface and execution privileges of third-party agent skills across public marketplaces.
Ranked #206Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Analyzes attack surfaces and privilege execution profiles of tool-using agent skills.
How Well Do LLMs Perform in Peer Review? Evidence from Finance and Accounting
The authors evaluate language models on finance peer review tasks, finding predictive ability for publication outcomes through correctness rather than originality assessments.
Ranked #206Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Highlights critical reliability boundaries and biases when deploying LLMs for real evaluations.
PocketTSLM: Deploying an On-Device Soft-Prompt Time-Series Language Model for Privacy-Preserving Smartphone Reasoning
The paper presents PocketTSLM, deploying an on-device soft-prompt time-series language model on smartphones for personal health data.
Ranked #207New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Processes time-series sensor signals alongside language within a multimodal model framework.
Confidence-Calibrated Inference Expansion for Evaluator-Guided Test-Time Reasoning
The paper introduces a confidence-calibrated controller to optimize inference compute and test-time expansion decisions in reasoning models.
Ranked #207New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Reduces online inference compute for reasoning models via calibrated expansion.
Are We Really Measuring Forgetting? Pitfalls in Evaluating Machine Unlearning for Multimodal LLMs
The paper identifies evaluation pitfalls in multimodal machine unlearning and introduces a benchmark grounded in real-world knowledge.
Ranked #207Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Identifies evaluation pitfalls and introduces GEMMU, a benchmark for evaluating multimodal machine unlearning.
Agentic Self-Awareness: Aligning Knowing, Acting, and Holding
The paper benchmarks whether AI agents can recognize execution blockers and appropriately defer action on unsolvable tasks.
Ranked #207New testPreprint7/10 suggested
AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Investigates agent self-awareness, blocker recognition, and certified deferral actions in complex environments.
Encrypted Skills Can Become New Security Exploits If AI Agents Know How to Decipher
The authors demonstrate that encoding malicious instructions in agent skills bypasses scanners and causes models to execute harmful actions upon decoding.
Ranked #207Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Exposes security exploits and prompt injection risks in third-party agent skills.
Grounding Generative Verification in 3D Content
Introduces a benchmark spanning ten tasks to evaluate multimodal model verification and rejection explanations on generated 3D content.
Ranked #208New testPreprint6/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Benchmarks and analyzes multimodal LLMs on grounded verification and feedback for 3D content.
Hybrid Generative-Tagging Decoding for Efficient Product Attribute-Value Extraction
The paper introduces a hybrid generative-tagging architecture to improve efficiency and coverage in product attribute and value extraction.
Ranked #208New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Combines span tagging with generation in vLLM to significantly reduce decoding latency.
What Does LALM Post-training Learn? Rethinking Audio Understanding and Reasoning Capabilities
The paper analyzes post-training in audio-language models to separate genuine audio reasoning gains from question-format memorization.
Ranked #208Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Exposes benchmark evaluation flaws where audio-language models exploit textual cues rather than genuine reasoning.
Smart Alone, Blind Together: Why Accuracy Fails to CertifyTheory of Mind in Multi-Agent Teams
Argues that inferential accuracy fails to evaluate agent coordination safely because correlated errors can compound into costly team actions.
Ranked #208New way to see a problemPreprint7/10 suggested
AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Evaluates Theory of Mind reasoning and failure modes in multi-agent cooperative teams.
Consider, Then Choose: Order-Invariant Decisions in System One Models
Runoff eliminates option-order bias in multiple-choice model predictions by scoring items independently before running balanced candidate comparisons.
Ranked #208New way to see a problemPreprint7/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Improves decision robustness and reliability by removing option-order sensitivity in models.
How Much Physics Can Vision Learn from Audio? Probing and Distilling Damping Structure
The paper investigates learning physical damping properties from impact audio and distills this knowledge into vision models.
Ranked #209Surprising resultPreprint6/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Studies multimodal representation learning combining audio and visual modalities to infer physical properties.
PocketTSLM: Deploying an On-Device Soft-Prompt Time-Series Language Model for Privacy-Preserving Smartphone Reasoning
The paper presents PocketTSLM, deploying an on-device soft-prompt time-series language model on smartphones for personal health data.
Ranked #209New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Enables efficient on-device language model execution on smartphones by encoding time-series as embeddings.
Did the LLM Answer the Question? A Semantic Reconstruction Game for Jailbreak Evaluation
This paper proposes a semantic reconstruction game to accurately evaluate jailbreak success by filtering out harmless repetitions and refusals.
Ranked #209New testPreprint7/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Proposes a new semantic reconstruction evaluation method to accurately benchmark jailbreaks.
CyberArena: Benchmarking AI Agents in Live Symmetric Attack-and-Defense Combat
Presents a benchmark evaluating security agents through live, symmetric attack-and-defense competitions in isolated sandbox environments.
Ranked #209New testPreprint7/10 suggested
AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Evaluates autonomous agents executing multi-step offensive and defensive cybersecurity actions in sandbox environments.
Claim Framing as a Driver of LLM Sycophancy
This paper studies how different framings of user claims induce sycophancy in large language models on factual questions.
Ranked #209Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Investigates sycophancy and truthfulness reliability in LLM responses.
Retrofitting Recurrent Vision-Language Models from Pretrained Backbones
The paper reduces vision-language model parameters by pruning layers and applying depth recurrence over remaining language backbone blocks.
Ranked #210New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Compresses vision-language models using layer pruning and depth recurrence.
Compression Does Not End at Selection: Post-Selection Positional Geometry for Sparse KV Caches
The paper proposes RoPERelay to reorganize positional geometry and rotary embeddings after sparse KV cache token eviction.
Ranked #210Surprising resultPreprint6/10 suggested
Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Improves inference efficiency and quality for sparse KV cache compression.
How Far Can Coding Agents Go in Visual Generation?
The study evaluates coding agents generating images via executable code, analyzing their strengths in geometric constraints over photorealistic drawing.
Ranked #210Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Introduces AgentDrawBench to benchmark coding agents on visual generation and reasoning.
Why Static Skill Inconsistencies Do Not Equate to Runtime Risks: A Behavioral Analysis of LLM Agent Execution
Analyzes discrepancies between static tool specification errors and actual runtime failure rates in language model agent execution.
Ranked #210Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Analyzes how tool and skill inconsistencies impact real-world LLM agent execution trajectories.
Fresh at Decision, Stale at Action: Routing New Information to LLM Decisions Already Made
This paper introduces a timestamp theory and persistent ledger to route updated information to pending LLM decisions before action.
Ranked #210New way to see a problemPreprint7/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Addresses decision staleness and temporal validity risks in real-world deployment.
AdaLoop: Thinking with the Vision Encoder
Introduces a framework that enables vision-language models to iteratively adapt frozen visual encoder computation based on the input question.
Ranked #211New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Introduces question-conditioned iterative visual recurrence to enhance multimodal reasoning in VLMs.
N-Gram Memories at Two Bits: Quantizing Lookup Tables in Large Language Models
Proposes a compressed representation using Gaussian trellises to quantize conditional memory lookup tables down to two bits.
Ranked #211New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Compresses lookup tables down to two bits to drastically lower GPU memory footprint.
When Non-Adversarial Noise Hurts Learning: Benchmarking Skill Self-Evolution in Agents
Introduces a benchmark to evaluate how language model agents learn and self-evolve reusable skills when exposed to non-adversarial noise.
Ranked #211New testPreprint7/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Introduces a benchmark measuring LLM agent skill self-evolution under non-adversarial noise.
REPORT-OPS: Hybrid Evidence-Guided Reporting with Human-Supervised Refinement for HPC
The paper presents an agent that combines language models with operational policies to generate verified operational reports for high-performance computing systems.
Ranked #211New way to see a problemPreprint7/10 suggested
AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Introduces a hybrid agent that plans evidence collection and generates operational reports.
AM-Bench: Understanding Agents under Task Underspecification across Models and Harnesses
This paper introduces a benchmark to measure how language model agents handle ambiguous or missing goals, context, and constraints.
Ranked #211Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Analyzes failure modes and reliability of LLM agents when instructions are ambiguous.
Learning to Think and Explore in 3D World
Trains vision-language models via reinforcement learning to actively navigate and inspect 3D environments using single views before answering questions.
Ranked #212New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Enables vision-language models to actively explore and reason over 3D spaces.
Abstracts or full text? Evaluating input scope and computational efficiency in biomedical lay summarization
Compares abstract-only versus full-text inputs and few-shot versus fine-tuning approaches for generating biomedical lay summaries.
Ranked #212Surprising resultPreprint6/10 suggested
Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Demonstrates substantial compute and runtime efficiency gains using abstract-based prompting.
Shortcut Sensitivity in Agent-Safety Evaluations
The paper introduces a framework to detect spurious shortcuts in safety benchmarks used to evaluate tool-using AI agents.
Ranked #212Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Exposes shortcut cues and auditing flaws in existing agent safety evaluation benchmarks.
Verification Turns Capability Gaps into Routing Decisions: Small Language Models for Clinical Documentation
The paper studies using an agentic verification architecture to enable small on-device models to generate factual clinical documentation.
Ranked #212Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Uses an agentic multi-evaluator verification and refinement pipeline to generate clinical notes.
Same Attack, Different Judge: A First Controlled Adversarial Comparison of Jev, LLM Judges, and Purpose-Built Safety Classifiers
This paper conducts an adversarial evaluation comparing a probability-based safety judge against large language model judges and safety classifiers across multiple attack types.
Ranked #212Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Assesses adversarial robustness, prompt injection detection, and input moderation guardrails across safety models.
Decoupled Safety Control: A Safety-Control Algorithm for Training-Free Safety Guidance
Proposes a decoupled inference-time guidance algorithm to filter unsafe outputs in text-to-image diffusion models without altering weights.
Ranked #213New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Proposes safety-control mechanisms for multimodal text-to-image diffusion models.
No Single Tokenizer Feature Reliably Predicts Downstream Language Model Performance
Shows across 200 models that proposed intrinsic tokenizer metrics do not reliably predict downstream language model performance.
Ranked #213Surprising resultPreprint6/10 suggested
Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Explores how tokenizer selection affects model efficiency and representation quality.
Change the Number, Change the Answer: Assessing Rating Scale Sensitivity in LLM-Based Text Scoring
The paper evaluates how choices in rating scale design systematically alter text evaluation scores produced by large language models.
Ranked #213Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Analyzes reliability issues and sensitivity in LLM-based evaluation and scoring.
Into the Unknown: Benchmarking AI agents on open scientific research problems
The paper introduces a benchmark to evaluate whether frontier language model agents can execute open scientific research and produce follow-up papers.
Ranked #213New testPreprint7/10 suggested
AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Evaluates autonomous multi-step scientific research agents tasked with conducting open scientific research.
Memory Echo in Single-Agent Long-Term Memory: Lifecycle Evaluation and Provenance-Guided Mitigation
This paper examines how single-agent long-term memory accumulates repeated historical claims and introduces a benchmark and framework to mitigate unverified persistence.
Ranked #213New testPreprint7/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Addresses persistent hallucinations and compounding errors caused by ungrounded memory write-back in agents.
Rethinking Classifier-Free Guidance for TI2I Flow Matching
Identifies early-stage issues with classifier-free guidance in flow matching models and proposes a correction for controllable image editing.
Ranked #214Surprising resultPreprint6/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Investigates classifier-free guidance for text-and-image-to-image flow matching and editing.
HyCo: Hybrid Drafting for Cost-Efficient Mobile-Cloud Speculative Decoding
Introduces a hybrid speculative decoding framework splitting draft tasks between mobile neural processing units and cloud servers.
Ranked #214New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Presents hybrid speculative decoding combining mobile NPU execution and quantization for efficient serving.
Realtime-Bench: Can Frontier Models Solve Real-time Interactive Problems?
The paper introduces a benchmark to measure language model agent performance under real-time latency and streaming temporal constraints.
Ranked #214New testPreprint7/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Introduces Realtime-Bench to evaluate interactive models under dynamic latency constraints.
Compiling Expert Procedures into Verified Programs: When a Small Model Is Enough
The paper compiles teacher model reasoning traces into verified programs that guide small models through complex procedural tool-use tasks.
Ranked #214Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Applies verified procedural programs to guide and repair small model actions during tool use.
Auditing Failure Attribution: Label Predictability and Judge Behavior
This paper provides four auditing tests to determine whether failure-attribution judges actually perform multi-step checks or merely rely on spurious surface cues.
Ranked #214Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Reveals reliability vulnerabilities and shortcut behaviors in LLM-based evaluation and monitoring systems.
DeSpatial: The devil of Agentic Spatial Reasoning Lies in 3D Itself
Decomposes agentic spatial reasoning by using a metric 3D perception tool to resolve visual inconsistencies before spatial reasoning.
Ranked #215New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Studies multimodal spatial reasoning agents combining visual tools with 3D perception.
Calibration Language Shapes Block-Influence Pruning in Multilingual Language Models
Analyzes how calibration language choices affect block-influence depth pruning rankings in multilingual language models.
Ranked #215Surprising resultPreprint6/10 suggested
Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Investigates block-influence depth pruning for making multilingual models smaller and more efficient.
PROBE: Learning to Audit Policy Compliance in Tool-Using LLM Agents
The paper trains language model auditors to detect multi-turn policy violations during tool use by autonomous agents.
Ranked #215New testPreprint7/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Introduces an evaluation algorithm and benchmark setting to audit agent policy compliance.
Why Generate a Click? Plug-in Decision Heads for Web Agents
This paper introduces plug-in decision heads that read action choices directly from visual agent hidden states rather than generating text tokens.
Ranked #215Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Designs decision heads for vision-language web agents interacting with online environments.
Visual Dependence Does Not Imply Answerability: A Systematic Analysis of Answerability Signals in Frozen InstructBLIP
Analyzes answerability signals in frozen visual question answering models, finding standard confidence and alignment metrics fail to reliably detect unanswerable inputs.
Ranked #215Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Examines unanswerability signals and abstention mechanisms to reduce hallucinations in multimodal models.
ManiFusion: Unlocking the High-Throughput Generation via Superposition in Manifold Space
Proposes a framework that increases image diffusion throughput by fusing and processing multiple generation samples simultaneously in manifold space.
Ranked #216New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Accelerates diffusion model inference throughput via multi-sample manifold-space fusion.
Prism-1: Position- and Rival-Independent Scoring for System One Models
The paper evaluates single-pass decision models against rational choice axioms and identifies ordering and rival-option sensitivity failures.
Ranked #216Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Evaluates systematic positional and choice-set biases in language model decision making.
EGCForest: Structured Agent Memory Organization for Enterprise Group Chats
The paper proposes a multi-view hierarchical memory framework to improve information retrieval from enterprise group chats.
Ranked #216New way to see a problemPreprint7/10 suggested
AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Designs a structured memory organization system specifically for enterprise chat agents.
SpecCloak: Probing Harmful Code Generation through Engineering Specifications
Finds that framing malicious coding prompts as engineering specifications systematically reduces language model refusal rates across multiple models.
Ranked #216Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Presents a red-teaming framework evaluating jailbreaks and harmful code generation vulnerabilities.
Urbex: Agentic Spatial Grounding for City-Scale 3D Scenes
The authors present an active spatial search framework enabling vision-language agents to ground 3D objects in city-scale environments via interactive tool use.
Ranked #216New way to see a problemPreprint5/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Applies vision-language models to multimodal spatial grounding in 3D multi-view environments.
Augment the Cache, Replace the Activation: A 2x2 Study of Internal-State Sharing
This paper explores internal-state sharing in multi-agent language models through a central pool rather than pairwise transfer bridges.
Ranked #217New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Examines KV cache sharing to avoid redundant computation across communicating language models.
Momentum, Commentary Tone, and Earnings Surprise in LLM Financial Forecasts
The paper tests how language models weigh price momentum, commentary tone, and earnings surprises when forecasting financial outcomes.
Ranked #217Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Designs a diagnostic evaluation protocol to test how LLMs weigh conflicting financial numerical signals.
Realtime-Bench: Can Frontier Models Solve Real-time Interactive Problems?
The paper introduces a benchmark to measure language model agent performance under real-time latency and streaming temporal constraints.
Ranked #217New testPreprint7/10 suggested
AI agents
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Evaluates interactive agents operating and acting under real-time temporal constraints.
CineRecon: Benchmarking Frontier Models for Agentic Cinematic Reconstruction
The paper presents a benchmark to test how well AI agents can reconstruct dynamic, editable 3D scenes from dynamic reference videos.
Ranked #217New testPreprint5/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Evaluates multimodal models on reconstructing editable dynamic 3D scenes from video.
ECMR: Evidence-Aware Deliberation Control for Multi-Agent LLM Reasoning
Presents ECMR, a dynamic evidence-aware controller that guides multi-agent deliberation steps to prevent false consensus and reduce redundant reasoning.
Ranked #217New way to see a problemPreprint7/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Prevents false consensus and improves factual evidence support in multi-agent reasoning deployments.
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