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Chain of Thought Monitoring Can Fail Even When CoT Is Necessary
This paper shows chain-of-thought monitoring can fail even when reasoning is necessary, proposing a multi-level hierarchy to measure monitorability.
Ranked #38Surprising resultPreprint8/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Introduces a framework and hierarchy to measure when chain-of-thought monitoring fails.
From Language to Motion: Task-Conditioned Focal-Stack Trajectory Integration for Microscopic Robots
The paper proposes a focal-stack trajectory integration framework mapping instructions to constrained geometric paths for microscopic robot manipulation.
Ranked #38Preprint0/10 suggested
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:29
On-topic
Proposes multi-view microscope vision methods to guide microscopic robotic trajectory execution for parts handling.
AI Models Can Provably Hide Arbitrary Capabilities
The paper shows that backdoor mechanisms can cryptographically hide arbitrary neural network capabilities until activated by secret triggers.
Ranked #38Surprising resultPreprint8/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
On-topic
Demonstrates backdoor attacks hiding dangerous capabilities against safety audits and alignment training.
Unsupervised Multimodal Reward Modeling
Trains an unsupervised vision-language reward model using intermediate layer representations and caption perturbations without human preference labels.
Ranked #38Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
On-topic
Develops an unsupervised reward model specifically for vision-language backbones and captions.
VoteGEO-Bench: Measuring the Impact of Generative Engine Optimization on Electoral Visibility
The paper presents VoteGEO-Bench to measure how rewriting web content influences information visibility in generative search engine election queries.
Ranked #39Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Investigates how web content optimization influences generative search engines retrieving external sources.
Do Personalized LLMs Need the Whole Conversation? Matching the Full History with Only 5% of Its Text via Relevance-Filtered Context
This paper demonstrates that sentence-level relevance retrieval can match full conversation history accuracy in personalized language models using only five percent context.
Ranked #39Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Cuts LLM inference input 20-fold using lightweight sentence retrieval over full histories.
Passing Tests, Missing Semantics: Evidence of Interpretive Lock-In in Plan-Based DataFrame Code Generation
The paper examines interpretive lock-in where planning agents generate code passing self-generated tests while missing the actual specification requirements.
Ranked #39Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
LLMs for code
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Investigates interpretive lock-in failures during plan-based DataFrame code generation.
AuthGateBench: Benchmarking LLMs as Authorization Gate
Introduces a policy-guided benchmark evaluating language models acting as authorization gates for tool-using coding agents.
Ranked #39New testPreprint8/10 suggested
AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Focuses on authorization gating and safety mechanisms for autonomous coding agents.
Seeing Through the Forgery Is Not Enough: Regressive Sycophancy under Fabricated Evidence in Medical Vision-Language Models
The authors show that medical vision-language models frequently abandon correct clinical answers when prompted with fabricated medical documents.
Ranked #39Surprising resultPreprint8/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Tests and measures failure modes and sycophancy in medical vision-language models.
UltraLight Luma: A Novel Edge-Deployable Perception Network for Crop-Row Segmentation in Agricultural Robotics
Presents a lightweight 13.1k-parameter segmentation network for real-time crop-row detection and visual servoing on resource-constrained agricultural robots.
Ranked #39Preprint0/10 suggested
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:29
On-topic
Presents an edge-deployable computer vision perception model for autonomous agricultural robotics.
ToFu: Exploiting and Fuzzing the LLM-Orchestrator-Tool Trust Boundary
The paper introduces an automated framework that fuzzes and identifies semantic security bugs across Model Context Protocol server tools.
Ranked #39Surprising resultPreprint8/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
On-topic
Analyzes security vulnerabilities, fuzzing, and input sanitization failures at LLM agent tool boundaries.
Locate, Judge, Read: Role-Specialized Tool Agents over a Knowledge-Point Index for Open-Domain Multimodal Document QA
Designs a modular multi-agent pipeline separating search, verification, and reading for multimodal document question answering.
Ranked #39Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
On-topic
Handles reading and reasoning over multimodal documents combining text, images, and tables.
JevCoder: When Does Decision Delegation Pay Off in Code Repair?
The paper evaluates delegating code-repair decisions to low-cost probabilistic judges to reduce token costs without losing accuracy.
Ranked #40Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
LLMs for code
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Directly addresses reducing token cost and improving automated program repair on SWE-bench.
To Cache or Not to Cache: Understanding and Mitigating Safety Incompatibility in Cross-Model KV Cache Reuse
The paper studies safety behavioral deviations caused by cross-model key-value cache reuse and proposes an alignment technique to mitigate them.
Ranked #40Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Studies efficient inference via cross-model KV cache sharing and mitigates resulting safety alignment issues.
Lumen-bench: Cross-Lingual Safety Gaps and the Say-Do Problem in Tool-Calling Large Language Models
The paper introduces a multilingual benchmark evaluating safety and discrepancies between verbal refusals and tool actions in tool-calling language models.
Ranked #40New testPreprint8/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Investigates cross-lingual safety gaps and refusal failures in deployed tool-calling systems.
When Agent Evaluation Becomes Unreliable: An Empirical Study of Oracle Failures and Configuration-Dependent Measurement in an LLM Agent Benchmark
The paper audits agent evaluation benchmarks for software defects, showing that broken reward functions and configuration shifts substantially distort reported success rates.
Ranked #40New testPreprint8/10 suggested
AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Audits evaluation harnesses and oracles specifically used for LLM agent benchmarks.
Can Agents Forget When Asked? A Benchmark for Memory Unlearning in LLM Agents
The authors introduce Bemula, a benchmark designed to evaluate how accurately language model agents erase specific user memories upon request.
Ranked #40New testPreprint8/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Introduces a benchmark specifically measuring memory unlearning in agent systems.
MemReg: Streaming Outdoor LiDAR Point Cloud Registration with Hybrid Memory Buffers
Proposes a multi-frame outdoor LiDAR registration network using hybrid feature and pose memory buffers to leverage temporal sequences.
Ranked #40Preprint0/10 suggested
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
On-topic
Applies streaming LiDAR point cloud registration to autonomous driving and robotic perception.
When VLMs Destroy What They Know: Spatial Representations Fall Below Lexical Priors
The paper evaluates vision-language models' spatial representations using causally controlled perturbations, showing spatial relations degrade compared to lexical features.
Ranked #40Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
On-topic
Investigates how vision-language models fail to encode structured spatial relations internally.
Web$hell: A Unified Interface for Agentic Web Access
Proposes Web$hell, a unified interface combining broad information gathering, browser interactions, and evidence management for web-based agents.
Ranked #40New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
On-topic
Addresses information gathering, evidence caching, and retrieval from live web documents during agentic tasks.
Beyond Functional Correctness: Static Code Quality Profiling of LLM-Generated Code
This paper profiles the maintainability and structural code quality of model-generated Python programs using static analysis tools.
Ranked #41New way to see a problemPeer-reviewed7/10 suggested
LLMs for code
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:07
On-topic
Evaluates LLM-generated code quality using static analysis metrics like maintainability.
DT-LoRA: Reaching Beyond the Tangent Space of Low-Rank Adaptation
Introduces a low-rank adaptation method that splits rank budgets into stable and dynamic branches to capture residual gradients outside the tangent space.
Ranked #41Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Presents a low-rank adaptation method that captures residual gradients without adding parameter or inference overhead.
DelegateGuard: Purpose-Bound Capabilities for Delegated LLM Agent Workflows
The paper introduces an external reference monitor that enforces purpose-bound capabilities to secure multi-agent delegation against confused-deputy attacks.
Ranked #41New way to see a problemPreprint8/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Develops a reference monitor to enforce purpose-bound authorization and prevent agent confused-deputy attacks.
When Agents Talk, Secrets Travel: Topology-Driven Leakage and Recipient-Conditioned Sanitization in Multi-Agent LLM Systems
The paper investigates privacy leakage caused by multi-agent network topologies and proposes an execution sanitizer conditioned on recipient identity.
Ranked #41Surprising resultPreprint8/10 suggested
AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Examines communication topologies and information leakage in multi-agent LLM systems.
Compositional RL: Evaluating and Training LLMs for Collaborative Reasoning
The paper studies how much models contribute to multi-model teams, showing individual test scores do not correlate well with collaborative performance.
Ranked #41Surprising resultPreprint8/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Evaluates how well standalone benchmarks reflect LLM performance in collaborative systems.
SpaceCast-Bench: Evaluating Predictive Spatial Reasoning in Vision-Language Models
Introduces a benchmark evaluating how well vision-language models predict unseen physical outcomes following scene interventions.
Ranked #41New testPreprint7/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
On-topic
Core contribution evaluates spatial reasoning benchmarks specifically designed for vision-language models.
Trajectory Prediction for Autonomous Driving in Road Construction Zones Using Human-in-the-Loop Driving Data
Constructs a multimodal simulator dataset and trajectory prediction model for autonomous driving in urban roadway work zones.
Ranked #41Preprint0/10 suggested
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
On-topic
Focuses on perception and trajectory prediction for autonomous driving in construction zones.
PRIME: Pre-Retrieval Index Modeling Enhancement for Structured Document Retrieval-Real
Proposes PRIME, an index-side optimization framework using semantic restructuring and deterministic metadata synthesis to improve document retrieval.
Ranked #41New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
On-topic
Proposes pre-retrieval index restructuring and hierarchical retrieval for external document databases.
Priming Base Models for Agentic Post-Training: An Open Midtraining Recipe
The paper outlines a long-context midtraining stage using software engineering data to prepare base language models for agentic tasks.
Ranked #42New way to see a problemPreprint7/10 suggested
LLMs for code
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Trains models on software repositories, pull requests, and commit histories to improve SWE-bench benchmarks.
Truncation Samplers Are Nested: Comparing Decoding Rules Is a Measurement Problem
The paper presents a theoretical framework using nesting properties to calculate distance bounds and compare language model truncation sampling algorithms efficiently.
Ranked #42Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Provides formal distance certificates to compare efficient truncation decoding algorithms.
Privacy Conductor: An Architectural Enforcement of Contextual Integrity in LLM-Based Document Retrieval
The paper proposes a deterministic gating architecture enforcing contextual integrity access control for enterprise document retrieval in language models.
Ranked #42Surprising resultPreprint8/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Evaluates deterministic policy enforcement versus LLM reasoning for secure enterprise document retrieval.
TRAP: Tool-result Replay Attack for Probing Misbinding in LLM Agents
Presents a benchmark and attack method to evaluate failures caused by tool results misbinding to incorrect execution contexts in LLM agents.
Ranked #42Surprising resultPreprint8/10 suggested
AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Analyzes failure modes in LLM agents when handling external tool execution results.
Executable Prefix Values for Locating Agent Failures
The paper evaluates judge labels on agent steps by restarting failed trajectories from intermediate states to identify true failure points.
Ranked #42Surprising resultPreprint8/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Audits LLM-as-a-judge failure attribution methods and shows their diagnostic limitations.
Compact and Efficient Indexes for Learned Sparse Retrieval
Designs compact inverted and forward index structures using medoid summaries and SIMD-friendly bit-packing to reduce learned sparse retrieval memory footprint.
Ranked #42New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:29
On-topic
Proposes compact indexes and compression techniques for learned sparse retrieval systems.
SteerablePlex: Can We Steer Full-Duplex Models?
Introduces an instruction-following benchmark and training recipe to improve goal adherence in full-duplex conversational models.
Ranked #42New testPreprint7/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
On-topic
Applies to multimodal full-duplex speech and conversational audio models.
Onboard Marine Anomaly Detection on $Φ$sat-2: From Simulation-Based Development to In-Orbit Demonstration
Describes an onboard satellite pipeline combining segmentation and self-supervised feature encoding for real-time marine anomaly detection.
Ranked #42Preprint0/10 suggested
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
On-topic
Deploys a vision pipeline for anomaly detection on real operational hardware under constraints.
A Self-Improving Agent that Grows its Own DSL: Oracle-Free Operator Induction for Exact Question Answering
The paper presents an agent that expands its domain-specific language for exact answering without external rewards or judges.
Ranked #43New way to see a problemPreprint7/10 suggested
LLMs for code
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Induces and synthesizes executable DSL code operators to solve tasks.
Mixed Precision Scaling Laws for Quantized Pretraining
The paper proposes mixed precision scaling laws to model the trade-offs of low-precision quantization during model pretraining.
Ranked #43Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Develops scaling laws and optimal recipes for low-precision quantized pretraining and training efficiency.
The Agent Clicks Approve: Injected Page Text Makes Browser Agents Authorize Access the Task Never Named
The paper investigates confused-deputy vulnerabilities where injected web page text causes browser agents to approve unauthorized access requests.
Ranked #43Surprising resultPreprint8/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Investigates prompt injection causing autonomous browser agents to authorize unauthorized access to sensitive accounts.
agent-risk: Risk Assessment for Changes to AI Agents
Provides a framework for assessing risks of proposed changes to deployed AI agents by selectively replaying execution logs and saved states.
Ranked #43New way to see a problemPreprint8/10 suggested
AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Analyzes risk assessment and safety gating for deployed autonomous AI agents.
CWE-bench: Refocusing Agentic Security from Exploitation to Defense
The paper presents CWE-bench, a benchmark of 120 held-out software tasks to evaluate AI agents on finding and repairing security vulnerabilities.
Ranked #43New testPreprint8/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Introduces CWE-bench, a benchmark evaluating agentic code auditing and repair capabilities.
Splat2Act: From Captured Scenes to Personalized VLA Manipulation
Builds an automated real-to-sim-to-real framework using 3D Gaussian Splatting to adapt robot manipulation policies to specific rooms.
Ranked #43Preprint0/10 suggested
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
On-topic
Uses vision-language-action policies and digital twin scanning for robotic indoor manipulation.
When History Helps and Hurts: Selective History Use across Multimodal Turns
The paper introduces a 7,000-task benchmark to evaluate how multimodal models selectively use or ignore conversational context.
Ranked #43New testPreprint7/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
On-topic
Evaluates omni-modal, vision-language, and audio-language models across multimodal turns.
Benchmarking Embedding Geometries and Clustering Algorithms for Unsupervised Patent Claim Classification
Compares hyperbolic and Euclidean embeddings for unsupervised patent representation to improve cross-category prior-art discovery.
Ranked #43Surprising resultPreprint6/10 suggested
Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
On-topic
Focuses on prior-art retrieval systems and comparing embedding geometries for document search.
FusionAudit: Pathway-Conditioned Robustness Auditing for Native Multimodal Models
Develops a robustness auditing framework that evaluates multimodal models against pixel perturbations and competing rendered-text visual overlays.
Ranked #44New testPreprint7/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Audits pathway-conditioned vulnerabilities and adversarial robustness in native vision-language models.
OPRD: On-Policy Reminder Distillation for Long-Horizon Coding Agents
Uses multi-scope reminders and on-policy distillation to help coding agents maintain constraints over long software engineering interactions.
Ranked #44New way to see a problemPreprint7/10 suggested
LLMs for code
via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Addresses long-horizon repository-level code generation and tool feedback on SWE-bench.
Plant Memory: Technical Language Processing and a Verified Maintenance Ontology for Agent-Accessible Failure Knowledge from SAP PM Work Orders
The paper presents a system using technical language processing to transform industrial maintenance work order records into an ontology.
Ranked #44New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
On-topic
Extracts and verifies maintenance ontologies to provide structured knowledge for downstream queries.
Lightweight Scheduling Policies for Continuously Batched LLM Serving Across GPU Architectures
This paper evaluates lightweight scheduling policies for continuous batching in large language model serving across different GPU architectures.
Ranked #44Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Investigates lightweight scheduling policies to improve continuous batching and serving throughput.
KedgeFlow: A Programmable Control Plane for Enterprise AI Agents
The paper proposes a control plane enforcing structured contracts and single-use allowances to prevent unauthorized actions by enterprise AI agents.
Ranked #44New way to see a problemPreprint8/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Develops a control plane to enforce authorization and prevent rogue or duplicated actions by enterprise agents.
Uncovering Robustness Weaknesses in LLM Agents via Persona Evolution with Task-Integrity Constraints
This paper introduces TIPER, a method that evolves challenging user personas to test language model agent robustness without invalidating underlying tasks.
Ranked #44New testPreprint8/10 suggested
AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Evaluates and exposes robustness weaknesses in interactive LLM agents using persona evolution.
When LLM Agents See a Conflict but Still Proceed: Cross-Domain Dependencies in Network Slicing
Shows that language agents often ignore identified cross-domain dependencies, causing unintended disruptive actions in network management.
Ranked #44Surprising resultPreprint8/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Evaluates ten models across providers in a controlled environment.
Chronos Policy: Learning Robot Policies on Physical Time
Formulates robot action diffusion policies that condition directly on physical timestamps using time-aware rotary positional embeddings.
Ranked #44Preprint0/10 suggested
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
On-topic
Develops robot policy learning with physical time conditioning for robotic manipulation and perception.
Accelerating Cross-Model LLM Inference via Attention Map Reuse
This paper presents a system that speeds up multi-model language model serving by translating and reusing attention maps across models.
Ranked #45Surprising resultPeer-reviewed7/10 suggested
Small and efficient models
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Accelerates cross-model LLM serving and reduces prefilling latency via attention reuse.
Data-Free Continual Learning for World Action Model with Rectified Generative Replay
This paper proposes a rectified generative replay framework enabling robotic world action models to continually learn new tasks without storing past data.
Ranked #45Surprising resultPreprint7/10 suggested
Multimodal models
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Explores multimodal video generation models acting as world action models in robotics.
Names Are Not Objects: Object-Bound Confinement for Compromised AI Coding Agents
The paper proposes an object-bound sandboxing broker to confine compromised AI coding agents and prevent unauthorized system actions.
Ranked #45New way to see a problemPreprint8/10 suggested
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
On-topic
Proposes a sandbox defense to contain compromised AI coding agents safely.
MedHarnessBench: A Unified Benchmark for Healthcare Agent Evaluation
The paper presents an evaluation benchmark assessing seven clinical process dimensions for healthcare agents across longitudinal workflows.
Ranked #45New testPreprint8/10 suggested
AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Studies multi-step healthcare agents executing longitudinal clinical workflows and tool interactions.
Same Operation, Different Permission: Evaluating Whether Guardrails Honor Authorization
The paper introduces a benchmark to evaluate whether language-model guardrails properly distinguish authorized from unauthorized actions across identical operations.
Ranked #45New testPreprint8/10 suggested
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Introduces a benchmark evaluating whether guardrails accurately enforce authorization decisions.
Knowledge Graphs as Files: An Agent Harness Where Tool Creation and Tool Use Co-Evolve
This paper proposes a system where language model agents write code to create and refine tools directly over raw knowledge-graph files.
Ranked #45New way to see a problemPreprint6/10 suggested
Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Focuses on agentic retrieval and evidence extraction across text-rich knowledge graph files.
SolBehave: Evaluating the Behavioural Correctness of LLM-Generated Smart Contracts
The paper introduces a benchmark using fuzzing and transaction replays to evaluate the behavioral correctness of generated smart contracts.
Ranked #45New testPreprint7/10 suggested
LLMs for code
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
On-topic
Evaluates and repairs LLM-generated Solidity code using behavioral testing.
Tracking the Invisible: Self-Supervised Wheel Track Detection with Thermal-RGB Fusion
Uses self-supervised thermal-RGB fusion to detect drivable wheel tracks on snow-covered roads for autonomous vehicles.
Ranked #45Preprint0/10 suggested
Computer vision for industrial applications
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
On-topic
Presents RGB-thermal fusion for autonomous drivable area perception under adverse winter conditions.
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