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Which Knowledge Should LLMs Trust? Uncovering a Generalizable Steering Direction Across Knowledge Conflicts
The paper identifies an activation steering vector that controls whether language models rely on internal memory or retrieved external context.
Ranked #254Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Addresses hallucination and reliability by steering adherence to factual context.
A Step in the Right Place: Understanding and Optimizing Timestep Placement in Continuous Diffusion Language Models
The paper introduces an algorithm to optimize denoising timestep placement in continuous diffusion language models to improve generation quality.
Ranked #254Surprising resultPreprint5/10 suggested
Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Optimizes denoising timesteps to enable efficient 16-step parallel text generation.
Latent World Action Model for GUI Agents
The paper presents a latent world action model that predicts action-induced state transitions rather than full-screen pixel reconstructions for graphical agents.
Ranked #254New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Designs a latent world model for GUI agents to plan and select actions.
What Do Audio-Language Judges of Generated Music Listen For? Four Probes with Controls from Expert Ratings
Designs diagnostic probes to determine whether audio-language evaluation models judge music based on audio or prompt content.
Ranked #254New testPreprint5/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
On-topic
Examines audio-language multimodal models and their ability to interpret paired audio and text.
A Closer Look at Agentic BBO: Benchmarking LLM Agents for Black-Box Optimization
Introduces AgenticBBO-Bench, a benchmark across multiple domains to evaluate LLM agents on black-box optimization under unified finite budgets.
Ranked #254New testPreprint6/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
On-topic
Proposes AgenticBBO-Bench, a new evaluation benchmark and protocol for measuring agentic black-box optimization.
Grid-Bench: Can LLMs Predict How Discrete Worlds Change?
Evaluates the ability of language models to predict state changes in discrete spatial grids across sequential operations.
Ranked #255New testPreprint6/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Presents Grid-Bench, a new benchmark testing spatial state-tracking capabilities in LLMs.
From Unreliable to Usable: Decomposing Failure Modes and Confidence Signals in LLM Entity Extraction - Evidence from Cyber Threat Intelligence
The paper evaluates failure modes and confidence calibration across frontier and lightweight language models during entity extraction from cyber threat intelligence reports.
Ranked #255Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Investigates LLM unreliability, failure modes, and calibration errors in deployment.
Compute-Optimal Scaling Laws for Spiking Language Models
The paper presents an empirical scaling law study measuring parameter and compute trade-offs in spiking neural network language models.
Ranked #255New way to see a problemPreprint5/10 suggested
Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Characterizes compute-optimal scaling for energy-efficient spiking language models.
FastBench: Can Streaming VLMs Perceive High-Dynamic Real-World Streams?
Introduces a benchmark evaluating streaming vision-language models on fast-moving, high-dynamic events in real-world video streams.
Ranked #255New testPreprint5/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
On-topic
Focuses specifically on streaming vision-language models for continuous video understanding.
Recurrent Harness for Agentic Continual Learning
Proposes a recurrent harness framework that uses streaming feedback to revise textual memory for continual agent learning.
Ranked #255New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
On-topic
Introduces a recurrent harness enabling language model agents to perform continual learning over interaction streams.
Share the Symbol, Not the Vector: Training-Free Fact Communication Across Language Models
The paper proposes a training-free interface for heterogeneous language models to communicate facts using shared symbolic word indices.
Ranked #256New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Presents a communication interface allowing multi-agent heterogeneous language models to share factual states collaboratively.
Harness Policy Distillation: Aligning Agent Policies with Runtime Semantics
The paper introduces a distillation method that trains agent policies on explicit runtime control semantics recovered from replayed execution traces.
Ranked #256New way to see a problemPreprint7/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Aligns agent policies with executable runtime contracts to prevent invalid actions.
Sea-Net: A Small and Inherently Interpretable Neural Network for Time Series Classification
This paper presents a lightweight, interpretable neural network architecture for resource-constrained time-series classification on microcontrollers.
Ranked #256Surprising resultPreprint5/10 suggested
Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Proposes a lightweight neural architecture designed for resource-constrained micro-controller deployment.
HiPAD: A Unified Gait, Audio-Visual, and Personality Fusion Network for Depression Detection, with a Hierarchical Personality Ablation and the Calibration Limits of Domain-Adapted LLMs
This paper presents a multimodal fusion network for depression detection combining gait, audio-visual data, and textual personality descriptions.
Ranked #256Surprising resultPeer-reviewed5/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Fuses text personality descriptions with audio, visual, and gait modalities.
Language-Specific Effects of Tokenizer Choice in Multilingual Language Models
The paper trains 123 models across 54 tokenizers to show tokenizer choice matters more for languages with less training data.
Ranked #256Surprising resultPreprint6/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
On-topic
Empirically evaluates the cross-lingual performance effects of tokenizer choices across dozens of models.
How Many Ranks Does a Token Need? A Noise-Floor Squelch for Rank-One LoRA Experts
The paper introduces a router-free method that adaptively thresholds rank-one LoRA adapter responses to remove cross-talk noise per token.
Ranked #257New way to see a problemPreprint5/10 suggested
Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Introduces input-dependent rank selection for LoRA to adaptively sparsify and improve parameter efficiency.
Quantifying privacy risks in foundation model representations of brain MRI
Evaluates patient linkage and attribute inference risks present in brain magnetic resonance imaging representations generated by pretrained foundation models.
Ranked #257Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Evaluates privacy risks, linkage attacks, and sensitive attribute leakage.
ProgAgent: Learning Tool Orchestration through Programmatic Training
This paper presents a training framework that teaches language models to orchestrate tools through executable code instead of sequential prompt accumulation.
Ranked #257New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Trains LLM agents to orchestrate tools programmatically across long horizons.
ChemExplain: A Multimodal Benchmark for Explanatory Chemical Reasoning
Presents a multimodal benchmark testing whether models can explain observed chemical effects by linking structural features to reaction mechanisms.
Ranked #257New testPreprint5/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Evaluates multimodal models on understanding molecular and reaction images.
Thinking Outside the Bots: Human Ideas in AI's Semantic Blind Spots Are Not Inferior
The paper develops an approach to map AI semantic blind spots and evaluates the quality of distinct human ideas.
Ranked #257Surprising resultPreprint6/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Introduces a methodology to benchmark and evaluate semantic coverage between humans and AI.
DPA-MoE: A Runtime Precision Control Framework for MoE Inference
Introduces a dynamic precision control framework that allocates weight chunks to mixture-of-experts models during inference.
Ranked #258New way to see a problemPreprint5/10 suggested
Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Introduces dynamic precision control and quantization for efficient MoE inference and serving.
Are AI Decision Models Biased? A Case Study of Jev
The paper evaluates an artificial intelligence decision model across cognitive reflection, classical bias benchmarks, and pricing tasks.
Ranked #258Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Reveals vulnerabilities to ordering, irrelevant data, and probability violations in decision-making models.
Long-Horizon RL Needs Muon
The paper investigates an asynchronous training recipe combining the Muon optimizer, token-averaged loss, and penalties for long-horizon agent tasks.
Ranked #258Surprising resultPreprint6/10 suggested
AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Presents an asynchronous RL training recipe for long-horizon agents using tools.
Segment Where You Look: Attention as the Interface Between Language Models and Segmenters
The paper uses attention maps from vision-language models to directly guide pixel decoders for referring image segmentation.
Ranked #258Surprising resultPreprint5/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Investigates attention mechanisms connecting vision-language models with segmentation decoders for text-guided segmentation.
SFT Leaves a Reproducible Signature in Activation Geometry: Calibrating Post-Training Interpretability Against Run-to-Run Noise
Measures post-training activation geometry shifts against run-to-run noise, identifying distinct structural signatures left by supervised fine-tuning.
Ranked #258New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Analyzes post-training interpretability evaluation, run-to-run noise, and benchmark calibration methodology.
GroundGUI: GUI Grounding by High-Quality Data and Distillation-to-Reinforcement Learning
Presents a large graphical user interface grounding dataset and a combined distillation and reinforcement learning training method for agents.
Ranked #259New testPreprint6/10 suggested
AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Improves GUI agent capabilities by training vision-language models to ground intents to interface components.
CoRedSkill: Stealthy Skill Composition Attacks via AST-Guided Injection
The paper presents a red-teaming method that injects stealthy attack operations across interdependent agent skills using code rewriting.
Ranked #259New testPreprint7/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Evaluates red-teaming and injection attacks in composite agent workflows.
EmoGenie: Benchmarking and Evaluating Expressed and Evoked Emotion in T2I Generation with MLLMs
Introduces EmoGenie, a benchmark evaluating expressed and evoked emotions in text-to-image generation and multimodal language model understanding.
Ranked #259New testPreprint5/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Introduces a benchmark evaluating multimodal LLMs on understanding and generating emotional visual content.
Rethinking Quality in Large Language Model Routing: Security-Conditioned Model-and-Budget Selection
The paper proposes a query router that balances answer utility, security risks, and token budgets when selecting language models for mixed enterprise workloads.
Ranked #259New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Introduces SCRouterBench to evaluate model performance under security and budget trade-offs.
Tiny Recursive Message Passing
This paper applies recursive training and discrete deduction procedures to message-passing neural networks to solve constraint-reasoning tasks with few parameters.
Ranked #259Surprising resultPreprint5/10 suggested
Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Achieves high reasoning accuracy with tiny 16k parameter models that train in minutes.
How GUI Agents Fail: GraceBench for Execution Stability Diagnosis
The paper introduces an evaluation framework to diagnose step-level execution stability and error recovery in graphical user interface agents.
Ranked #260New testPreprint7/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Evaluates execution stability and unwanted side-effect risks in deployed automation agents.
LongForcing: Scaling Temporal Manifold Matching for Long-Horizon World Rollout
Proposes LongForcing, a temporal manifold matching distillation approach that scales long-horizon video rollout stability.
Ranked #260New way to see a problemPreprint5/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Focuses on scaling and improving temporal consistency in video diffusion foundation models.
AutoEnvScaling: Automating the Data Flywheel with Terminal Agents
The paper presents AutoEnvScaling, using terminal agents to automatically generate reinforcement learning environments from model rollouts.
Ranked #260New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Focuses on terminal agents planning, executing commands, and designing training environments.
Monitoring latent reasoning in looped language models
This paper presents an interpretability protocol to monitor latent reasoning dynamics and stability across multiple looped language model families.
Ranked #260New testPreprint5/10 suggested
Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Evaluates parameter-efficient looped architectures that reuse weights for computation.
Can Failed Trajectories Reveal Where Agents Go Wrong? Agentic Failure Attribution Without Step-Level Labels
Proposes a spectral representation framework to attribute agent failures to specific decisive steps using only trajectory-level outcome labels.
Ranked #260New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:29
On-topic
Presents a method to evaluate and attribute step-level failures in LLM agent trajectories.
Learning Self-Orchestration in Decentralized Agent Swarms
The authors present a market-based post-training framework that allows decentralized agent swarms to learn both action policies and coordination mechanisms without central orchestration.
Ranked #261New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
AI agents
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Presents a framework for decentralized agent swarms to learn self-orchestration and coordinated task execution.
Typed Decision Models on Tabular Data
The paper compares typed probabilistic decision models with large language models on tabular data classification and format robustness.
Ranked #261Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Assesses deployment reliability and robustness failures when presenting tabular prompts to models.
Benchmarking Multimodal Large Language Models for Zero-Shot Human-Object Interaction
Benchmarks multimodal large language models paired with object detectors for zero-shot human-object interaction recognition.
Ranked #261New testPreprint5/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Benchmarks multimodal LLMs for zero-shot human-object interaction reasoning.
Towards Green AI: Evaluating Energy Efficiency for Quantized LLM Inference
The paper evaluates the energy efficiency, carbon intensity, and accuracy of ten post-training quantization methods across various language models and GPUs.
Ranked #261New testPreprint5/10 suggested
Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Provides a comprehensive evaluation of energy efficiency and latency for quantized LLM inference.
SEAR: Self-Evolving Agentic Robotics
The paper presents a framework and benchmark to evaluate whether self-evolving robotic agents genuinely learn reusable skills across tasks.
Ranked #261New testPreprint6/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Introduces a benchmark evaluating whether self-evolving robotic agents generalize across tasks.
From Failures to Learnable Worlds: Policy-Conditioned Environment Generation for Navigation Agents
The paper presents a method that uses agent failure patterns to generate tailored simulation environments for embodied navigation learning.
Ranked #262New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Diagnoses failure modes and optimizes training environments for navigation agents.
What Happens to the Goal? Distinct Failures of Policy Alignment in Goal Misgeneralization
This paper analyzes three distinct failure modes where reinforcement learning agents misgeneralize goals despite competent behavior.
Ranked #262New way to see a problemPreprint7/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Analyzes goal misgeneralization failure modes and policy alignment in deployed agents.
FlowCred: Hierarchical Credit Assignment and Functional Coordination for Joint Text-to-Video Post-Training
Proposes FlowCred, a hierarchical credit assignment framework to coordinate prompt optimization and video generator post-training.
Ranked #262New way to see a problemPreprint5/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Presents a post-training framework combining text prompts and video generation.
Compute-optimal data scaling for neural surrogates via multi-fidelity training
The paper demonstrates multi-fidelity training to optimize data generation compute and error scaling for neural PDE surrogates.
Ranked #262Surprising resultPreprint5/10 suggested
Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Analyzes compute-optimal data scaling and multi-fidelity efficiency in simulation models.
Beyond Bias Scores: Answerability Confounds in Activation Steering with Gradient-Constrained Direction Design (GCD)
Shows that activation steering evaluations can conflate bias reduction with model abstention, introducing a gradient-constrained direction design to isolate preferences.
Ranked #262Surprising resultPreprint6/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Analyzes answerability confounds in the BBQ bias benchmark and proposes corrections.
Are You Reading the Right Thing? Rethinking Internal Signals for Prompt-Injection Detection
The paper analyzes five internal representation reading methods to examine how they detect prompt injections in language models.
Ranked #263Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Directly investigates detection of prompt injection attacks for model security.
LoopWAM: Closed-Loop Generalist Policy Improvement from Deployment Rollouts
This paper introduces a closed-loop world-action model that improves generalist robot policies using deployment rollouts of mixed quality.
Ranked #263New way to see a problemPreprint5/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Applies multimodal world-action models integrating video and action representations for robotics.
RealityBench: Simulated Environments to Evaluate a Vision Language Model's Ability to Document Human Physical Work
The paper presents a simulated benchmark across eleven unconstrained environments to evaluate vision-language models on documenting real-world human physical work.
Ranked #263New testPreprint6/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Presents RealityBench, a new benchmark to evaluate vision-language models on documenting real physical tasks.
Personalized LLM Recommendation with Semantic IDs: Autoregressive Beam Search vs. Multi-Token Prediction
The paper compares single-head autoregressive beam search with parallel multi-token prediction for generating semantic IDs in recommendation systems.
Ranked #263Surprising resultPreprint5/10 suggested
Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Studies multi-token prediction to substantially reduce decoding latency and inference costs.
Training LLMs for Multi-Agent Collaboration with Verifiable Information Rewards
Proposes CoSIR to train multi-agent collaboration policies using information-theoretic surprisal rewards that assess the helpfulness of communication.
Ranked #263New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Trains LLM agents to collaborate, exchange evidence, and make joint decisions in multi-agent systems.
DeLoop: Repeated Actions as Self-Supervision for Long-Horizon Agents
The paper proposes a self-supervised method that uses repetitive tool calls as negative signals to reduce looping behavior in long-horizon agents.
Ranked #264Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Addresses operational failure modes and robustness by eliminating redundant looping actions in production agents.
Plan-Bench: Can Existing VLMs Go Well Beyond Perception to Reason and Plan in Embodied Worlds?
This paper introduces a benchmark evaluating high-level reasoning and multi-step planning in vision-language models for embodied tasks.
Ranked #264New testPreprint5/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Evaluates high-level reasoning and multi-step planning capabilities across 28 vision-language models.
Shaping Latent Mixture-of-Experts: From Expert Geometry to Layerwise Capacity Allocation
The paper studies expert width and dimension balance in latent mixture-of-experts architectures to optimize parameter capacity across model layers.
Ranked #264New way to see a problemPreprint5/10 suggested
Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Optimizes mixture-of-experts geometry and capacity allocation for efficient model computation.
Dissociating Answerability from Extraction in LLM Question Answering over Radiology Reports
The paper introduces an evaluation method that separates question answerability detection from answer span extraction in radiology report question answering.
Ranked #264New testPreprint6/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Proposes a new benchmark evaluation methodology decoupling answerability from extraction in QA.
Cowork-Gym: Synthesizing Interactive Work Environments at Scale
Introduces Cowork-Gym, a framework synthesizing multi-tool collaborative work environments and user simulations to train enterprise agents.
Ranked #264New testPreprint6/10 suggested
AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Synthesizes interactive multi-tool and multi-file environments to train collaborative agents.
Policy-Verified Self-Training: Learning Agent Compliance from Verifiable Policy Rewards
The paper introduces a self-training method that uses runtime policy verification feedback as rewards to teach agents safety compliance.
Ranked #265New way to see a problemPreprint7/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Directly tackles prompt injection and agent security compliance through policy-verified training rewards.
Game2Real-Bench: Do Toy Games Reveal and Transfer to Real-World Visual Reasoning?
This paper introduces a benchmark to analyze whether visual reasoning skills evaluated in toy games transfer to real-world tasks.
Ranked #265Surprising resultPreprint5/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Benchmarks vision-language models on spatial and constraint reasoning using game and real-world tasks.
RSIPO: Recursive Self-Improving Policy Optimization for Agentic Reinforcement Learning via Skill-Policy Co-Evolution
RSIPO introduces a reinforcement learning framework where agentic skills and policy models co-evolve using self-extracted trajectory experience.
Ranked #265New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Presents an agentic RL framework for long-horizon skill co-evolution.
Long-Horizon-Terminal-Bench 2.0: Automating Diverse Task Construction and Measuring Sustained Agent Progress
This paper updates a long-horizon terminal benchmark to measure sustained agent progress across complex engineering workflows using dense process rewards.
Ranked #265New testPreprint6/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Presents a benchmark measuring sustained agent progress and addressing evaluation infrastructure defects.
CB-Agent: Concept-Based In-Context Learning for Sequential Action Selection
The paper presents an in-context learning method that extracts compact concept vectors from demonstrations to guide sequential action choices for agents.
Ranked #265New way to see a problemPreprint5/10 suggested
Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Reduces prompt context consumption by encoding trajectories into compact concept vectors.
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