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Every paper checked in the week of 12–18 Oct 2026 · LLMs for code — nothing is hidden. Brief papers first.

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Taking Tokenization off the Host for Agentic LLM Serving
Develops a GPU-accelerated tokenizer using CUDA graphs to reduce time-to-first-token in agentic language model serving.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Does not address code generation or software engineering LLMs.
Exploring Attention Sinks in Text-to-Image Transformers from Diffusion and Autoregressive Models
Analyzes the emergence and behavior of attention sinks in text-to-image diffusion and autoregressive Transformers.
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Does not address code generation or software tooling.
Test-Time Memory Construction
Presents a framework that defers memory construction to test time to answer queries across long interaction histories.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Does not focus on code synthesis or software engineering.
Overcoming Data Imbalances with Expert Selection Biases
Proposes category-conditioned expert routing biases to mitigate data imbalance in mixture-of-experts language models.
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Evaluates MoE routing across generic categories, not code-specific LLM systems.
From Structure to Validity: Mechanism-Guided Generation and Refinement of LLM Rubrics
Analyzes rubric construction mechanisms and introduces a tree-search method to refine rubrics for evaluating language model outputs.
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Not focused on code generation or software engineering tools.
MoPrO-SD: Modular Prompt Optimization for Stance Detection
Presents a modular prompt optimization framework and benchmark targeting stance detection in text.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Not related to code generation or software engineering.
Towards the Roof of the World: NLP Progress in Tibetan Languages
Surveys twenty-two years of Tibetan natural language processing literature across corpora, speech processing, and language models.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Does not cover code models or software development tools.
Does Financial Speech Need Continual Learning Regularization? A Study of EWC and mini-KFAC on Earnings Call ASR
Investigates continual learning regularization techniques for speech recognition during domain adaptation on financial earnings calls.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Does not involve code generation or software engineering.
Revisiting Accent Classification with DistilHuBERT: Speaker-Disjoint Evaluation and Cross-Corpus Generalization
Evaluates DistilHuBERT-based accent classification under speaker-disjoint and cross-corpus conditions to measure generalization to unseen speakers.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Not related to coding assistants or program repair.
Oído: Open-Vocabulary Speech Recognition on a $5 Microcontroller without a Neural Accelerator
Implements open-vocabulary speech recognition on a low-cost ESP32-S3 microcontroller without dedicated neural accelerators.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Does not focus on software engineering or code generation models.
Towards Enriching Design-Time Models with Evidence from Simulation and Operational Activities
Proposes a workflow to enrich design-time cyber-physical system models using empirical evidence collected from simulations and operational runs.
Peer-reviewed
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Focuses on cyber-physical systems modeling rather than LLM-based coding tools.
A Better Metric Will Not Save You: What You Compare Beats How You Compare It
Analyzes representational similarity metrics and demonstrates that input category selection has a larger impact on comparisons than the choice of metric.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Does not address code models or software engineering tasks.
Proactive Agentic Orchestration
Introduces POrchestra, an agentic orchestration framework enabling sub-agents to proactively communicate with the orchestrator during dynamic execution.
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Does not focus on coding assistants, code generation, or software engineering.
S-Space: Exploring Spatial Workspace in Multimodal Language Models
The paper identifies a linear spatial workspace subspace in multimodal language models that encodes continuous 3D coordinate representations.
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
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Investigates spatial reasoning in multimodal models, unrelated to software engineering or code.
Personalization Without Stereotyping: Do Speech LLMs Know When to Turn a Deaf Ear?
The paper introduces a benchmark to measure demographic robustness, stereotyping, and intentional personalization in speech language models.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Focuses on speech LLMs and paralinguistics, unrelated to code or software development.
Measuring Artifact Reliance in Machine-Generated Text Detectors
The paper demonstrates that machine-generated text detectors rely heavily on document formatting and PDF extraction artifacts rather than text quality.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Examines machine-generated text detectors on scientific literature, not code generation.
zip2zip++: Towards Inference-Time Token Compression with Minimal Quality Loss
The paper proposes compression-layer modifications to reduce accuracy loss when using dynamic LZW vocabularies during language model inference.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Investigates token compression algorithms, unrelated to software engineering or code LLMs.
BLiMPPI: Benchmark of Linguistic Minimal Pairs for Polarity Items
The paper presents a multilingual benchmark of minimal pairs to evaluate language model sensitivity to negative polarity items across 33 languages.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Studies negative polarity items in linguistics, unrelated to code synthesis or programming.
Training User Simulators with Latent Intrinsic Feedback
The paper trains conversational user simulators equipped with latent evaluation thoughts and scalar ratings to provide intrinsic feedback.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Addresses conversational assistant feedback rather than software engineering or code models.
APEX-Harm: Evaluating Agent Safety in Shared Professional Workspaces
The paper introduces a benchmark evaluating agent susceptibility to prompt and script injections across multi-tool shared workspace environments.
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Tests agent execution of generic scripts, but the primary focus is security and prompt injection.
AMLworld-Compact: Importance-Weighted Downsampling for Cost-Effective LLM Evaluation and Error Diagnosis
The paper presents an importance-weighted downsampling protocol to lower evaluation costs on transaction graph datasets without distorting precision metrics.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Studies anti-money laundering transaction graphs, unrelated to code generation or software.
Multi-Stream Attention Residuals
The paper extends attention residuals across model depth by introducing multi-stream depth attention with causal convolutions.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Presents a general neural architecture improvement rather than code-specific language models.
Retractions Revisited: A Replication, Extension, and Mechanistic Evaluation of Linguistic Obfuscation Effects in Fraudulent Science
The paper evaluates linguistic obfuscation patterns and reality-monitoring mechanisms across fraudulent and genuine scientific publications.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Studies psychology and linguistic obfuscation in scientific text, unrelated to software code.
Verifiable Retrieval for Legal Reasoning through Structure-driven Knowledge Graph
The paper evaluates knowledge-graph-informed chunking and retrieval strategies over German legal code to support verifiable retrieval-augmented generation.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Applies retrieval methods to German Legal Code rather than software engineering or code.
Enhancing Legal Reasoning in Pre-trained Language Models via Knowledge Graph-Guided Multi-Task Pre-training
The paper proposes multi-task pre-training guided by knowledge graphs to improve zero-shot legal reasoning in language models.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Addresses statutory legal reasoning, not software engineering or code generation.
OccludeBench: Can VLMs Find What's Missing?
The paper presents a benchmark evaluating how effectively vision-language models recover fully occluded objects using remaining visual cues.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Investigates object reasoning in visual scenes, unrelated to code generation or software.
Not Just an Evaluation: A Case Study of Discourse Particle Sensitivity in Language Models
The paper studies language model sensitivity to discourse particles such as 'just' and 'only' in natural conversations.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Studies linguistic properties of English discourse particles, unrelated to code or software.
REFLECT: Role-Aware Detection of Sentiment, Emotion, Politeness, and Formality
The paper introduces a transformer architecture incorporating semantic role labeling into attention mechanisms to detect sentiment, emotion, politeness, and formality.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Studies natural dialogue classification, unrelated to code synthesis or software engineering.
Error Rate is Not Enough: Costs of Augmentation in Low-Resource ASR
The paper analyzes phoneme-level error patterns from audio and text data augmentation techniques in low-resource automatic speech recognition.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Focuses on speech audio data augmentation, not software engineering or code LLMs.
Tracing and Taming Hallucinated Terms via Subsequence-Association Filtering and Breadth-Aware Selection for LLM Query Expansion
The paper proposes a training-free query expansion method that filters hallucinated terms using corpus-conditioned cross-context reproducibility.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Focuses on information retrieval query expansion rather than software engineering or code synthesis.
Can Language Models Learn When to Abstain? Policy Learning and Calibrated Answer Selection
The paper studies policy learning and answer-selection mechanisms to help language models decide when to abstain on factual questions.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Evaluates factual QA datasets (TriviaQA, NQ), not software engineering or code generation.
OpenPA: Forced-alignment-free Multi-granular Pronunciation Assessment with Mixed-transcript Adaptation
The paper presents an automatic pronunciation assessment method using Whisper cross-attention to predict word- and utterance-level scores without forced alignment.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Pertains to speech pronunciation assessment, not code models.
Structural Automata for Neural Semantic Parsing
The paper proposes accepting-path decoding using structural automata to enforce valid prefix completions within length limits for neural semantic parsing.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Investigates abstract meaning representation parsing rather than programming language code generation.
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.
Preprint
LLMs for code
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Studies spatial representations in vision-language models, not code LLMs.
RSI-Anything: Unlocking Recursive Self-Improvement with World Models
The paper introduces a domain-general framework using predictive world models to guide action selection and policy improvement in recursive self-improvement settings.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Code repair is only one evaluation domain among many for a general self-improvement method.
Internalizer: Portable Context-to-Parameter Mapping for Very Large Language Models
Presents a hypernetwork that maps document contexts directly into low-rank adapter weights for large language models.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Focuses on context parameterization, not software engineering or code generation.
Same Outcome, Different Evidence: Intent Recovery in LLM Safety Evaluation
Pairs attack success rate with operative understanding rate to assess whether models recognize harmful intent during safety evaluations.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Examines intent recovery in safety evaluation without focusing on coding assistants.
RouterInterp: Understanding Superposed Specialisation in Mixture of Experts Routing
Proposes an interpretability framework using sparse autoencoders to explain mixture of experts routing based on superposed fine-grained features.
Preprint
LLMs for code
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Focuses on foundational MoE routing interpretability rather than code LLMs or software tools.
Memento 3: Model-Based Recursive Self-Improvement through Reflective Rulebooks
Proposes an external memory framework allowing frozen language model agents to learn and iteratively refine natural-language world models compiled into executable code.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Compiles rules to code for internal agent simulation rather than assisting software developers.
GRPODropout: Less is More for Online Reinforcement Learning Rollouts
Presents a rollout selection strategy that drops high-probability positive-advantage trajectories to prevent entropy collapse during language model reinforcement learning.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
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Presents a general RL algorithm without a primary focus on code development or SE tasks.
MindFlow: Mind Supernet Powered Thinking Flows for Research Idea Innovation
Proposes a framework modeling research ideation as modular thinking flows sampled dynamically from a probabilistic supernet.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Focuses on scientific research ideation rather than code generation or program repair.
DataVista: Diagnosing Multimodal LLMs on Data Video Understanding
Introduces a benchmark evaluating multimodal language models on extracting data, tracking narrative flows, and answering questions from animated data videos.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Evaluates multimodal video understanding, not code generation or software engineering.
Neural Network Verification for Deep Joint Source-Channel Coding
Presents a bound-propagation verification framework to bound worst-case reconstruction errors for deep joint source-channel coding decoders under noise.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Deals with communications coding verification, not software engineering or coding LLMs.
Agentic-TTT: Training test-time policy for test-time training
Proposes a policy mechanism enabling language models to decide when, how, and which test-time training procedures to execute.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Studies general test-time training policies, not code generation or software engineering tasks.
Examining Social Attribution in LLM Reasoning: A Theory-Guided Probing Methodology
Proposes a benchmark and probing methodology based on attribution theory to examine how language models assign responsibility and blame.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Studies social psychology attribution rather than software engineering or code generation.
InterviewPlayground: A Validated Simulation Environment for Evaluating AI Interviewers
Presents a simulated participant environment to evaluate multi-turn AI interviewers across market research and social science scenarios.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Focuses on conversational interviewing for social research, not code generation or software engineering.
Traceable World State: A Provenance-Aware State Representation and Deterministic Replay Framework for Robotic Systems
Introduces an immutable, provenance-aware state representation framework with deterministic replay and audit logging for robotic systems.
Preprint
LLMs for code
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Targets robotic state management and auditing, not LLM code generation or software engineering agents.
When Should Agents Think? Adaptive Reasoning via Cross-Turn Estimation
Proposes a training method to adaptively skip turn-by-turn agent reasoning when previous thoughts remain sufficient for future actions.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Focuses on general agent reasoning across turns rather than software engineering or code generation.
All Verdicts are Not Equal: Rethinking LLM Judge Reliability
Audits the reliability of LLM judges across multiple prompt formats, temperatures, and orderings, introducing a trustworthy verdict metric.
Preprint
LLMs for code
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Audits general LLM evaluators rather than models writing, debugging, or reviewing code.
Universal Textual Teaching for LLMs
Presents a parameter-free distillation framework transferring knowledge between language models via an iteratively updated natural language guide.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Focuses on universal textual distillation, not LLM code tools.
Verdict Without the Rule: Diagnosing and Auditing Regulatory Rule Sensitivity in LLM Compliance Systems
Evaluates whether LLM compliance systems adjust verdicts when governing rules are perturbed, finding many verdicts are insensitive to rule changes.
Preprint
LLMs for code
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Does not evaluate code generation, repair, or software engineering tasks.
Overcoming Prior Barriers: Supervised Fine-Tuning under Long-Tail Distribution
Analyzes long-tail concept learning during supervised fine-tuning using a theoretical prior barrier metric to guide data needs.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Addresses general concept fine-tuning, not specialized code generation or software repair.
Accurate but Not Humble: Evaluating Epistemic Humility in LLM Agents under Knowledge Conflict
Proposes an evaluation framework to measure how LLM agents handle uncertainty and resolve conflicting knowledge during execution.
Peer-reviewed
LLMs for code
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Evaluates epistemic humility across general agent tasks, not code generation or software engineering.
Cited but Not Consulted: A Counterfactual Audit of Legal Chain-of-Thought Faithfulness
Audits legal chain-of-thought faithfulness by substituting cited authorities and observing whether model verdicts causally change.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Applies to legal text and contracts, not code generation or software engineering.
Predicting Alignment Generalization with Value Representations
Evaluates whether internal model representations can predict how fine-tuning on one value generalizes across other held-out values.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Focuses on general value alignment, not code generation, review, or software engineering.
AutoIndexer: Flexible-Order Decoding by Training Causal Models on Chains of Edits
Introduces a generative model that allows flexible post-hoc text editing through learned insertion, substitution, and deletion operations.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
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Tests code correction only as a generic text editing application; main focus is decoding architecture.
SpireBench: Evaluating Long-Horizon Strategic Play of Agentic Models with Slay the Spire
Presents a benchmark evaluating agentic large language models on long-horizon strategic reasoning in the game Slay the Spire.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Does not involve software engineering or code generation.
Self-Preservation in Language Models
Investigates self-preservation in language models by using task banks to steer synthetic replay during continual instruction tuning.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Not specifically about code generation or software engineering.
Cancerous Backdoor Attack: Gradual Activation via Invisible Tokens and A Stage Controller
Demonstrates a backdoor attack where malicious reasoning degradation is triggered incrementally using invisible prompt tokens and stage tracking.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Not focused on code generation or software engineering tasks.
Recurrent Harness for Agentic Continual Learning
Proposes a recurrent harness framework that uses streaming feedback to revise textual memory for continual agent learning.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Does not specifically target code generation or software engineering agents.
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