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Every paper checked in the week of 12–18 Oct 2026 · Small and efficient models — nothing is hidden. Brief papers first.
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| Judging the Judges: Confidence and Disagreement in Rubrics as Rewards Proposes an ensemble framework that weights judge confidence and masks disagreements when training models with rubrics as rewards. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Does not address model compression or inference speed. | |
| Mine, Sample, Render: Test-Time Diversity Alignment Of Generative Models Presents a test-time method that extracts structured schemas from corpora to guide generative models toward more diverse outputs. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Does not address model compression, quantization, or latency reduction. | |
| Who May Release an Agent's Promise? Standing over Commitments in Multi-Party Chat Studies whether conversational agents correctly enforce authorization rules when users attempt to cancel prior agent commitments to others. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Does not cover model compression or inference efficiency. | |
| Entertain, then Cancel: How Thinking Makes Reasoning Models Read Some and Or Literally Examines how extended reasoning steps lead language models to interpret everyday logical terms strictly literally instead of inferring pragmatic meaning. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Does not explore model compression or efficient serving. | |
| Representation Redistribution in Sparse Autoencoders Analyzes how prompt variations redistribute internal feature activations in sparse autoencoders and traces their impact on downstream model decisions. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Studies feature interpretability, not model compression or serving efficiency. | |
| Behavioral Compositionality of Sparse Autoencoder Representations Introduces a metric to measure how non-linearly features learned by sparse autoencoders interact during downstream model behaviors. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Examines representation interpretability, not model compression or efficiency. | |
| Auditing Escalation Reliability in Healthcare LLM Agents: A Perturbation-Controlled Benchmark of Workflow-State Failures Introduces an episode-level healthcare benchmark to audit how reliably language model agents escalate actions when facing workflow disruptions. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Does not explore model compression, quantization, or efficient serving. | |
| Bias Control and Injection for Multi-Agent Aggregation The paper proposes a test-time aggregation method using bias control and injection to resolve disagreements among reasoning language model agents. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Focuses on collective agent decision aggregation, not model distillation. | |
| ESG-Kor: A Korean Dataset for ESG-related Information Extraction and Practical Use Cases The paper presents a Korean dataset extracted from corporate sustainability reports to support information extraction on environmental, social, and governance topics. Peer-reviewed | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Does not investigate model compression or efficient serving. | |
| Self-Guided LLM Reasoning for Error Diagnosis in Vehicle Routing Problems The paper presents a self-guided reasoning framework where language models generate code to detect and diagnose errors in vehicle routing problem instances. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Does not explore model efficiency, compression, or quantization. | |
| Multi-Reward Hacking: From Aggregation-Induced Drift to Trust-Anchored Defense The paper analyzes multi-reward reinforcement learning failures where auxiliary objectives degrade primary performance and introduces a trust-anchored gating method. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Addresses RL post-training reward alignment rather than model compression or inference efficiency. | |
| Do Agents Need a New Kind of Paper? SPRA: Structured Paper Representation for Agents Creates a structured schema that converts research papers into connected scientific entities to improve retrieval-augmented generation for autonomous agents. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Evaluates context token reductions, but does not address model compression, pruning, or quantization. | |
| V-SHARE: Provable Convergence Guarantees for Advantage-based Algorithms Provides theoretical convergence guarantees and finite-sample bounds for advantage-based value sharing in reinforcement learning algorithms. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Theoretical RL value learning, not model compression, distillation, or efficient serving. | |
| Can LLMs Tell Stories Out of Order? A Corpus and Benchmark for Nonlinear Narrative Generation Introduces a benchmark and evaluation to test whether language models can successfully generate coherent nonlinear narratives. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Evaluates existing models on story generation without proposing distillation, pruning, or efficiency techniques. | |
| Decomposing Brain-LLM Alignment with Interpretable Semantic Representations Decomposes the alignment between language model activations and human brain scans using neurocognitively grounded semantic property representations. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Does not investigate model compression or inference efficiency. | |
| SCRIBE: Scalable Contextual Representations of Interpretable Brain-Grounded Semantics Introduces a framework using language models to construct context-sensitive semantic representations that align with human brain activity during language comprehension. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Does not address model efficiency, pruning, or quantization. | |
| When Is Muon Optimal? Radial Fragility and Minimax Geometry The paper investigates the mathematical conditions under which the Muon optimizer's polar update acts as an optimal step. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Focuses on optimization mathematics rather than model compression techniques. | |
| Uncertainty Quantification in Pairwise Difference Learning for Classification The authors formulate classification and uncertainty quantification methods for pairwise difference learning frameworks. Peer-reviewed | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Does not study model compression, quantization, or efficient inference. | |
| DialFork: Going Beyond Factuality to Evaluate Procedural Hallucination in Conversational Agents The authors present a benchmark to evaluate conversational agents that follow correct factuality but violate procedural task steps. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Benchmark paper with no focus on small or efficient architectures. | |
| Rethinking the Role of Tool Graph Memory in Multi-Turn Tool Use The authors analyze tool graph memory in multi-turn agents and find that stored transitions provide little benefit over baselines. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Discusses call overhead, not model architecture or efficient serving. | |
| Learning to Search for Executable Patternmaking from Certified Programs The paper proposes a search framework to recover executable editing programs between before-and-after sewing pattern pairs. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Does not address model compression, distillation, or serving efficiency. | |
| ClaimScope: Label-Blind Witness Verification for Mathematical Claim Auditing The authors introduce a benchmark to audit mathematical claims and repair errors using an automated witness verification checker. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Evaluates existing models; not focused on model efficiency or compression. | |
| Efficient Pairwise Difference Learning: A Comparative Study of Encoding Strategies and Training Pair Selection The paper evaluates feature encoders and pair selection strategies for pairwise difference learning in low-data classification regimes. Peer-reviewed | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Studies pairwise classical classifiers, not small or efficient LLMs. | |
| The Self-Improvement Problem The paper formalizes the theoretical limits of automated gates evaluating self-improvement updates in autonomous agent code. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Studies safe update acceptance, not model compression or inference. | |
| Human Interventions as Labels: Localizing, Steering, and (Sometimes) Editing the Computations Behind LLM Agent Failures The paper uses human interventions to localize and steer computations behind agent failure to decide between acting and clarifying. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Investigates internal state editing, not model compression or efficiency. | |
| FIRM: Fisher-Informed Retention Merging for Federated LLM Unlearning The authors introduce a Fisher-informed adapter merging method to maintain retained task performance during federated language model unlearning. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Focuses on knowledge removal rather than model compression or efficiency. | |
| Retrieved but Not Read: Understanding Why Search-Augmented LLMs Fail to Use Available Evidence The paper analyzes why search-augmented language models produce outdated answers even when relevant evidence is retrieved. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Studies evidence utilization rather than model compression or inference latency. | |
| Reliable Knowledge Acquisition for Continual Learning Agents Proposes a structured knowledge admission and verification system to prevent continual learning agents from storing harmful past experience entries. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Focuses on agent context management rather than model efficiency. | |
| The Delegation Dilemma: Economies of Scale, Accountability, and Polycentric Governance Models repeated games with endogenous delegation to analyze trade-offs between economies of scale and institutional accountability. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Studies organizational dynamics of agents, not model compression or efficiency. | |
| Harmful Partial Interventions and Benign Leakage in Concept-based Models Investigates how partial interventions in concept-based models can unexpectedly reduce downstream task performance due to information leakage. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Addresses model interpretability and interventions, not model efficiency. | |
| DeciCAD: Harness-Grounded Learning of Action Policies for CAD Agents Develops a domain harness and policy learning pipeline to improve language model agent execution in computer-aided design environments. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Focuses on CAD harness policy learning, not model compression. | |
| In the Guise of Correction: How Framing and Cultural Adaptation Erode LLM Safety on Real-World Criminal Cases Presents a benchmark based on real criminal cases showing how correction framings and cultural adaptations bypass safety guardrails. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Investigates safety benchmarks, not model efficiency or compression. | |
| CIM-Embed: Learning Instruction-Conditioned Multimodal Embeddings for Clustering Learns instruction-conditioned multimodal representations to dynamically cluster objects based on user-specified partition criteria without fixed cluster counts. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Instruction-conditioned embeddings, not model compression or efficient serving. | |
| Provably Efficient Risk-Sensitive Offline Reinforcement Learning via Optimized Certainty Equivalents Develops pessimistic value-iteration algorithms with theoretical suboptimality bounds for offline risk-sensitive reinforcement learning using optimized certainty equivalents. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Addresses offline RL convergence bounds, not model efficiency or compression. | |
| In-Context Learning Before Specialisation: Theory of Learning in a Solvable Topic Model Develops a solvable topic model theory explaining when sequence models adopt in-context learning rather than specialised memorisation during training. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Studies pretraining sample complexity theoretically, not inference efficiency. | |
| Learning Rewards in Strategic Games Analyzes strategic identifiability in multi-agent games, showing when inverse reinforcement learning fails to recover true underlying agent rewards. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Focuses on inverse RL theory, not model compression or efficiency. | |
| Why Shallow Neural Networks Learn Sinusoidal Components First: An Orthogonal Polynomial Dynamics Framework Presents a theoretical orthogonal polynomial framework explaining why shallow neural networks learn low-frequency sinusoidal components before high frequencies. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Theoretical analysis of shallow networks, not model compression or efficiency. | |
| Time to Fake It: Continual Machine Learning Intensifies Unfairness in Deepfake Detection Analyzes how continual learning methods affect demographic fairness over time across eleven deepfake generation techniques. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Does not study model compression, distillation, quantization, or efficient model serving. | |
| OntoAct: Hypothesis-Based Neuro-Symbolic Agents through Ontological Abstraction The paper pairs language models with symbolic verifiers to test and update reusable hypotheses for environment diagnostics and repair. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Focuses on neuro-symbolic agent architecture rather than model compression or inference efficiency. | |
| GraphBEAT: Graph-based Bucketized Event Aggregation Over Time for Early Risk Stratification of Gastrointestinal Cancers The paper aggregates irregular electronic health records into temporal graphs to predict risks of gastrointestinal cancers. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Does not address model compression, quantization, distillation, or efficient model serving. | |
| 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. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Presents a large-scale training recipe rather than model compression, distillation, or quantization. | |
| DemoStream: Batched Task-and-Motion-Plan Optimization for Automated Learning from Demonstration The paper optimizes batched task and motion planning to generate high-quality autonomous demonstrations for robotic manipulation training. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Optimizes robotic planning routines rather than neural network compression or efficient model serving. | |
| Selection Is Not Learning: Choosing Model Futures The paper separates task generation from model update inheritance to avoid compounding errors in self-evolving language model loops. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Focuses on self-training algorithms rather than model compression, quantization, or efficiency. | |
| 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. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Studies prompt reliance across model sizes, not model compression or efficient inference methods. | |
| Decoding Naturalistic Speech from fMRI with Temporal Modeling and Multimodal Alignment The paper aligns functional brain scans with multimodal representations to decode and retrieve perceived natural speech segments. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Does not address model compression, quantization, distillation, or efficient model serving. | |
| Multi-SFT: Permissively-Licensed Multilingual Instruction-Following The paper introduces a commercially permissive multilingual instruction dataset covering five European languages to train open language models. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Focuses on instruction data creation rather than model compression, quantization, or distillation. | |
| Causal Integrated Gradients: Scalable Feature Attribution Along Causal Paths The paper extends integrated gradients to trace feature attributions along causal paths for high-dimensional models. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Does not address model compression, quantization, distillation, or efficient model serving. | |
| Believed but Not Said: Measuring Hidden Belief Collapse in Multi-Agent LLM Discussions The paper demonstrates that a single adversarial agent can cause benign models in multi-agent discussions to quietly adopt false beliefs. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Examines multi-agent consensus dynamics, not model efficiency or distillation. | |
| Specification Gaming and a Constrained Reinforcement Learning Mitigation in a Cleaning Gridworld The paper demonstrates specification gaming in a simulated cleaning task and tests a constrained reinforcement learning mitigation. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Deals with reward hacking in RL, not model efficiency. | |
| Mosaic: Multi-Session Agentic Reinforcement Learning The paper introduces a hierarchical reinforcement learning method designed for agentic tasks that span multiple interaction sessions. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Studies agent training dynamics rather than model compression techniques. | |
| Whole-Body Dexterity The paper introduces a reinforcement learning pipeline enabling humanoid robots to manipulate bulky objects using their arms and torso. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Policy distillation for robotics control, not efficient LLM serving. | |
| 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. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Investigates text scoring variability rather than model efficiency. | |
| AutoSFT: An Agentic System for Automated Data Research in Supervised Fine-Tuning The paper introduces a multi-agent system to automate data curation and dataset editing for supervised fine-tuning. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Studies data engineering workflows, not model compression or efficiency techniques. | |
| HTN-Orchestrate: A Hierarchical Task Network Framework for Multi-Agent Orchestration The paper introduces a hierarchical task network framework that separates multi-agent planning from execution scheduling. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Addresses multi-agent scheduling rather than model compression or inference efficiency. | |
| Beyond Downstream QA: Rethinking How We Evaluate Agent Memory The paper presents a benchmark that isolates agent memory evolution from downstream retrieval and generation failures. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Focuses on memory evaluation, not model compression or efficient serving. | |
| OS-Helix: Unifying GUI Interaction and Code Execution in Native Computer-Using Agents The paper presents an end-to-end trained multimodal agent that combines visual graphical interface actions and executable code execution. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Does not address model pruning, quantization, or efficient inference serving. | |
| 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. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Focuses on benchmark shortcuts rather than model efficiency or distillation. | |
| Language Is a Security Surface for Agent Guards The paper evaluates 19 safety guards across multiple non-English languages to measure how translation alters step-level safety decisions for agents. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Evaluates guard sensitivity rather than model compression or efficient serving. | |
| Librarian Agents: Training LLMs to Curate Long-Context Workspaces that Anticipate Future Queries The paper trains language model agents to reorganize unstructured document collections into structured workspaces to speed up future multi-document queries. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Does not address model compression, pruning, or efficient inference. | |
| Asking Smarter Questions: Targeted Active Preference Learning for Underspecified Rewards The paper presents a method for robots to generate targeted preference queries to learn underspecified rewards from humans. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Does not investigate model compression, distillation, or efficient inference. |
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