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Coordination-Free Workload Regularization for Variable-Cost Distributed Training
The paper proposes a rank-local data-loading policy that rebalances variable-cost training batches without cross-node coordination to speed up distributed training.
Ranked #278Surprising resultPreprint5/10 suggested
Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Proposes workload regularization to speed up distributed training and reduce GPU idle time.
Diagnose Before You Refine: Multi-Dimensional Judge Feedback for Query-Efficient Jailbreak Attacks
The authors propose JSB, a query-efficient jailbreak framework that uses multidimensional judge feedback and bandit strategies to guide prompt optimization.
Ranked #278Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Presents an automated jailbreak attack framework to evaluate and stress-test LLM safety defenses.
EmoTrace-Bench: Diagnosing Emotional Expression in Text-to-Video Generation through Controlled Cues and Intensity
The paper introduces a benchmark to evaluate text-to-video models across controlled emotional expression levels and specific audiovisual affective cues.
Ranked #278New testPreprint5/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Evaluates emotional expression and audiovisual cues in text-to-video multimodal models.
Generalizable Model Editing Could Be More Than Direct Generalization
The authors analyze limitations in direct model editing benchmarks and compare them against observed generalization in practical chat settings.
Ranked #278Surprising resultPreprint6/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Critiques prevailing evaluation paradigms for generalization in model editing.
Drafting Agents, Not Just Tokens: Speculative Recursive Self-Improvement for Agentic Systems
Presents speculative recursive self-improvement to draft successor agents before full evaluation and optimize verification budgets.
Ranked #278New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Presents speculative recursive self-improvement methods for autonomous LLM agentic systems.
Compatibility Matters: A Framework for Token-Level Teacher Selection in On-Policy Distillation
The authors propose a theoretical and empirical framework to route token-level teacher selection during on-policy student distillation.
Ranked #279New way to see a problemPreprint5/10 suggested
Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Proposes a token-level teacher selection framework to improve on-policy distillation efficiency.
Weighted Ensemble Sampling for Rare-Event Estimation in Language Models
The paper introduces a training-free sampling framework that uses internal model activations to efficiently estimate rare failure probabilities in language models.
Ranked #279New way to see a problemPreprint7/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Presents a method to reliably estimate rare catastrophic failures in deployments.
SpikeOcc: Towards Resilient Multimodal 3D Occupancy Perception via Spiking Experts
This paper presents a spiking mixture-of-experts architecture to improve the resilience of multimodal 3D occupancy perception against missing sensor inputs.
Ranked #279New way to see a problemPreprint5/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Presents a multimodal perception framework fusing RGB, LiDAR, and spiking experts.
Re-executing Coding-Agent Evaluations: Unchanged Decisions and Unresolved Policy Risk
The paper re-evaluates coding-agent benchmark results to measure sensitivity to test execution environments and grading configurations.
Ranked #279Surprising resultPreprint6/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Audits execution variance and stability in established coding-agent benchmarks.
EvoBelief: Falsifiable World Models for Self-Improving LLM Agents
Presents a framework allowing language model agents to evolve environment dynamics beliefs through falsifiable hypothesis testing.
Ranked #279New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
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Presents a self-evolving world model for LLM agents to formulate hypotheses and guide plans.
Selection-Safe Conformal Early Exit: Distribution-Free Coverage under Adaptive Depth
This paper presents a pathwise conformal prediction method that guarantees valid coverage across adaptive early-exit stopping policies without multi-exit score inflation.
Ranked #280New way to see a problemPreprint5/10 suggested
Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Develops a safe early-exit method to accelerate neural network inference with coverage guarantees.
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 #280Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Addresses machine unlearning, a key technique for privacy, safety, and model compliance in deployments.
TartanMatch: Towards Universal Dense Correspondence Across Modalities
This paper presents a unified model for dense visual correspondence across 25 pairs of multi-modal sensor inputs.
Ranked #280Surprising resultPreprint5/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Learns universal dense correspondence across diverse sensor modalities including RGB, thermal, and depth.
SciCurateBench: Curating Experimental Data from Heterogeneous Scientific Literature with Verbal-Action Agents
The paper presents SciCurateBench to evaluate language models on verifying complex experimental conditions from unprocessed scientific literature.
Ranked #280New testPreprint6/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Introduces a benchmark evaluating data curation from scientific literature.
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 #280New testPreprint6/10 suggested
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
On-topic
Introduces a benchmark evaluating LLM agents that plan, use tools, and optimize across multiple domains.
Moral Combat: Exploiting Moral Foundations Theory to Jailbreak LLMs
The paper introduces a multi-agent framework that reframes harmful requests using Moral Foundations Theory to test model jailbreak vulnerabilities.
Ranked #281New way to see a problemPreprint7/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Studies jailbreak vulnerabilities bypassing LLM safety guardrails using Moral Foundations Theory.
OpenMobile-2: Building Versatile Mobile Agents with Scalable Environments and App-Native Tools
The paper presents OpenMobile-2, combining open mobile environments, trajectory datasets, and hybrid GUI-tool actions for mobile agents.
Ranked #281New testPreprint6/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Introduces MobileGym++ Bench to evaluate complex, long-horizon mobile agent performance.
How to Build a Benchmark That Actually Measures Taste
This paper introduces a pairwise evaluation benchmark and protocol designed to measure subjective aesthetic taste while controlling for shortcut artifacts.
Ranked #281New testPreprint5/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Evaluates vision-language models on multimodal taste and craft judgment across visual items.
Minions: A Dynamic and Distributed Virtual GPU Cloud Built on Idle Apple Silicon Devices
Presents a distributed system architecture aggregating idle Apple Silicon devices into a virtual GPU cloud for inference.
Ranked #281New way to see a problemPreprint4/10 suggested
Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:29
On-topic
Focuses on efficient inference serving across idle distributed consumer hardware.
Proactive Agentic Orchestration
Introduces POrchestra, an agentic orchestration framework enabling sub-agents to proactively communicate with the orchestrator during dynamic execution.
Ranked #281New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
On-topic
Introduces an on-the-fly proactive orchestration framework for multi-agent systems and sub-agents.
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 #282Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Reveals reliability and robustness issues in multimodal models relying on spurious text patterns.
Thinking with Images without Coordinates
This paper introduces a method for multimodal models to reason over images using token-level latent regions instead of bounding-box coordinates.
Ranked #282New way to see a problemPreprint5/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Introduces a coordinate-free visual reasoning method for multimodal large language models.
Safety for Whom? Benchmarking Understanding Beyond Refusal in Egocentric Multimodal Assistants
This paper introduces a benchmark to evaluate whether egocentric multimodal assistants understand who is harmed rather than solely tracking output refusal.
Ranked #282New testPreprint6/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Presents STOU, a new benchmark decoupling safety understanding from refusal behavior in multimodal assistants.
Understanding Mamba-3 Through Oscillatory Dynamics
Analyzes Mamba-3's input-dependent state rotations as oscillatory dynamics to explain their utility for tracking states and long-context language modeling.
Ranked #282New way to see a problemPreprint4/10 suggested
Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:29
On-topic
Studies Mamba-3 recurrent architectures for efficient long-context sequence modeling.
Long Text to Predictive Features: LLM-Guided Blockwise Feature Engineering via Executable Program Search
Presents a framework that uses language models offline to generate executable feature-engineering code for tabular risk models.
Ranked #282New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
On-topic
Uses an LLM agent searching and executing code trajectories over multiple steps to construct features.
MMA-SafetyBench: A Benchmark for Multimodal Agent Safety Evaluation
The authors introduce MMA-SafetyBench to evaluate multimodal agent vulnerability against deceptive interface elements like fake system alerts.
Ranked #283New testPreprint7/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Introduces a benchmark evaluating multimodal agents against visual interface injection attacks.
Token-Budgeted Candidate Retrieval for 3D Scene-Grounded VLMs: Category Names vs. Pairwise Geometry
This paper evaluates category name matching versus pairwise geometry metrics for candidate retrieval in context-constrained 3D vision-language models.
Ranked #283Surprising resultPreprint5/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Investigates token-budgeted candidate retrieval for 3D scene-grounded vision-language models.
Agentic Data Engineering for LLMs: System Design and a Controlled Empirical Study
The authors present a framework where autonomous agents iteratively refine data engineering strategies to improve model training outcomes.
Ranked #283New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Investigates autonomous LLM agents that iteratively plan, experiment, and refine data engineering.
Evidence-First Agentic Verification
Introduces Sauron, an evidence-first agentic verifier that checks both environment state and execution traces against original sources to validate task rubrics.
Ranked #283New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Provides a verifiable evaluation framework for long-horizon agentic task rubrics.
A Categorical Atlas of Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning: Cones, Orbits, and Gauges
Develops a category-theoretic framework to analyze and compare parameter-efficient fine-tuning methods as smooth maps in weight space.
Ranked #283New way to see a problemPreprint4/10 suggested
Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:29
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Provides theoretical analysis of parameter-efficient fine-tuning methods for foundation models.
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 #284New testPreprint7/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Addresses reliable measurement and evaluation of LLM jailbreak attacks and safety compliance.
TIDE: Trajectory-Informed Skill Distillation for Efficient Text-to-Video Prompt Optimization
The paper introduces a framework that distills iterative prompt search into rule modules for efficient text-to-video generation.
Ranked #284New way to see a problemPreprint5/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Optimizes text-to-video prompts across multimodal generative models.
Auditing Future-Memory Use in Point-in-Time Language Agents
The paper audits historical evaluation tasks to see whether an agent's internal post-cutoff memory skews its point-in-time evidence gathering.
Ranked #284Surprising resultPreprint6/10 suggested
AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Investigates point-in-time language agents and how internal memory influences evidence gathering.
Rounding in Preconditioner Space: Redesigning 4-bit AdamW Optimizer-State Quantization
This paper redesigns 4-bit AdamW optimizer-state quantization by performing stochastic rounding directly within preconditioner space.
Ranked #284New way to see a problemPreprint4/10 suggested
Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:29
On-topic
Redesigns 4-bit AdamW optimizer-state quantization to significantly reduce memory during training.
A Baseline Assessment for the Agentic Web Technology Stack
Benchmarks combinations of language models, communication protocols, and agent frameworks on web interaction tasks.
Ranked #284New testPreprint6/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
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Proposes MASTIF to benchmark multi-agent frameworks, protocols, and models on web tasks.
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 #285New testPreprint7/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Evaluates agent robustness and degradation when learning in the presence of noise.
BridgeWAM: Bridging Video and Action Experts via Latent Bridge Queries
The paper presents an architecture that decouples video and action prediction models using latent bridge queries.
Ranked #285New way to see a problemPreprint5/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Integrates visual, language, and proprioceptive modalities in a unified world-action model.
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 #285New testPreprint6/10 suggested
AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Investigates frontier LLM agents writing control code and acting autonomously in robotics.
Rethinking the Roles of Diffusion and Decoding: Predictive-State Flows for Parallel Language Generation
Proposes separating continuous diffusion language generation into high-level flow-generated predictive states and block-level autoregressive token decoding.
Ranked #285New way to see a problemPreprint4/10 suggested
Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
On-topic
Reduces sequential generation depth to enable faster parallel inference.
SWE-Critix: Post-Training Generalist Verifiers for Assessing Coding-Agent Trajectories
Proposes SWE-Critix, a post-training pipeline designed to train verifiers that evaluate and explain long coding-agent execution trajectories.
Ranked #285New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
On-topic
Presents a learned verifier framework to evaluate complex, multi-step LLM agent trajectories.
DK-VLM: Geometry as Position for Spatial Reasoning in Vision-Language Models
Presents a dual-kernel attention mechanism that uses 3D geometric positions to improve spatial reasoning in vision-language models.
Ranked #286New way to see a problemPreprint5/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Incorporates geometric positional attention into vision-language models for cross-view spatial reasoning.
Training Language Models to Fail Gracefully
This paper introduces a reinforcement learning approach that trains language models to execute safe fallbacks instead of unreliable guesses.
Ranked #286New way to see a problemPreprint7/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Trains models to execute safe fallback policies instead of hallucinating or making costly errors.
SAT-RL: Training Language Models for Logical Reasoning with Symbolic Solvers
The paper presents a reinforcement learning framework that trains language models to solve complex logical reasoning tasks using interactive symbolic solvers.
Ranked #286New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Trains language models to plan and use symbolic constraint solvers via multi-turn tool execution.
Double-Take: Improving Capacity, Binding, and Selectivity In Long-Context Within Bidirectional Memory
Introduces Double-Take to mitigate capacity and cross-position binding failures in long-context test-time training architectures.
Ranked #286New way to see a problemPreprint4/10 suggested
Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:29
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Addresses efficient long-context retention and memory scaling via test-time training.
Pretraining and Test-Time Training Budgets Matter for ARC: A Controlled Study of VARC and TRM
Evaluates how pretraining and test-time training computational budgets affect ARC benchmark performance across two distinct reasoning model architectures.
Ranked #286Surprising resultPreprint6/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
On-topic
Examines evaluation and training protocols to determine how pretraining and test-time training budgets impact ARC benchmarks.
Rent-Seeking Language Models: Reward Models Set the Prices, Frequent Audits Curb the Rent
Models reward overoptimization in reinforcement learning with human feedback as economic rent-seeking driven by proxy reward signals.
Ranked #287New way to see a problemPreprint7/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Analyzes reward hacking, hallucination fabrication, and audit mechanisms in RLHF safety.
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 #287New testPreprint6/10 suggested
AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Evaluates long-horizon autonomous agents sustaining multi-hour workflows across terminal environments.
Coarse-Graining Recursive Expert Computation: Continuation-Relative Interfaces and Failure Modes
The paper introduces an evaluation framework to measure the trade-off between task quality and computation cost when replacing iterative neural modules.
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Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Focuses on coarse-graining computation to replace expensive neural network sequences with cheaper modules.
AffectWorld: Benchmarking Emotion-Driven Future World Prediction
AffectWorld benchmarks world models on predicting emotion-driven human actions and subsequent environment changes across annotated video samples.
Ranked #287New testPreprint5/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Introduces a multimodal video benchmark evaluating emotion-action-state physical prediction.
Constructing Pareto Frontiers of Optimal Reasoning Termination Methods for Overthinking in Reasoning Models
Develops Step-wise Truncation Probing and termination strategies to quantify and mitigate accuracy degradation from overthinking in reasoning models.
Ranked #287New testPreprint6/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
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Introduces Step-wise Truncation Probing and metrics to evaluate overthinking and measure theoretical mitigation potential.
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 #288Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Identifies evaluation vulnerabilities that cause safety guards to fail or misclassify risks.
The Last Remote Sensing Model Built by Humans? Casting Any Earth Observation Task as Recursive Self-Improvement
This paper frames Earth observation model development as an automated loop where coding agents build and iteratively refine models using verifiable harnesses.
Ranked #288New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Uses autonomous coding agents with harnesses and verifiers to recursively build models.
Heading Hierarchy Reconstruction for Complex and Long Documents with Level-Wise Multimodal Memory
The authors present a framework using level-wise multimodal memory to reconstruct coherent heading hierarchies across long, multi-page documents.
Ranked #288New testPreprint5/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Uses vision-language models and multimodal memory to reconstruct document heading hierarchies.
ReSFlow: Rectifying Categorical Flows on Statistical Manifolds for One-Step Generation
Introduces ReSFlow, rectifying categorical flows along geodesic trajectories on statistical manifolds to enable one-step discrete generation.
Ranked #288New way to see a problemPreprint4/10 suggested
Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
On-topic
Enables one-step categorical generation, drastically cutting multi-step inference compute costs.
RESCUE: Is This Alarm Worth Acting On? Counterfactual Evaluation of VLA Runtime Monitors
Presents RESCUE, a counterfactual simulation framework to evaluate whether runtime failure monitor alarms enable beneficial robot interventions.
Ranked #288New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
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Introduces RESCUE, a counterfactual evaluation benchmark and framework for assessing robotic runtime monitors.
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 #289Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Assesses measurement reliability and scoring inconsistencies in LLM deployment.
StateHarness: Maintaining Evolving Project State for Long-Horizon Coding Agents
The paper presents a runtime framework that tracks evolving repository state and dependencies to assist long-horizon coding agents.
Ranked #289New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Provides a runtime framework to maintain evolving state across multi-step agent interactions.
Know-Thy-Not: Training-Free Targeted Negation in Dual-Encoder Vision-Language Models
The paper introduces a training-free technique and benchmark to help vision-language models correctly process and reject negated concepts in text prompts.
Ranked #289New testPreprint5/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Focuses on improving negation capabilities in dual-encoder vision-language models.
RAMP: Recurrent Adaptive Mixed Precision for Efficient Prefill in Recurrent-Depth Language Models
Analyzes quantization error propagation in recurrent-depth language models and proposes adaptive mixed-precision schedules for faster prefill inference.
Ranked #289New way to see a problemPreprint4/10 suggested
Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
On-topic
Introduces adaptive mixed-precision quantization to lower inference and prefill compute costs.
When MLLMs miss what humans read: diagnosing and learning to read squint text
Investigates multimodal LLM failures on squint-readable low-frequency text and provides a diagnostic benchmark alongside training interventions.
Ranked #289New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
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Introduces SquintBench and SquintCtrl to evaluate and diagnose visual text comprehension limits in multimodal models.
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