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

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Probable but Not Valid: A Psychometric Audit of Decision Models as Synthetic Survey Respondents
This paper audits whether decision models and generative language models can serve as valid synthetic respondents for psychometric surveys.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Evaluates LLMs as survey respondents, not multi-step autonomous agents.
Bridging Risk Approximation Gaps in Model Predictive Task Sampling via In-Context Modeling
This paper addresses failure modes in model predictive task sampling for reinforcement learning by using in-context modeling.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Theoretical reinforcement learning optimization paper, not about tool-using language model agents.
Predicting how model propensities generalize out of distribution
This paper studies how language model behavioral propensities generalize out-of-distribution across different elicitation methods.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Studies trait generalization across elicitation methods, not autonomous tool-using agents.
VC-OPD: Visual Counterfactual On-Policy Distillation for Grounded Vision-Language Reasoning
This paper proposes visual counterfactual on-policy distillation to prioritize visually grounded tokens during vision-language reasoning training.
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AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Focus is on vision-language model distillation, not multi-step tool-using agents.
Probabilistic Multi-Source Data Selection via Learnable Categorical Priors: Variance Reduction and Guaranteed Derandomization
This paper introduces a probabilistic relaxation method with learnable categorical priors for bilevel multi-source data selection.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Focuses on bilevel combinatorial data selection optimization, not LLM agents.
Counterfactual Rollouts for Offline Contrastive Goal-Conditioned Reinforcement Learning
This paper proposes a causal contrastive reinforcement learning method using counterfactual rollouts to handle unobserved confounding in offline demonstrations.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Focuses on offline goal-conditioned reinforcement learning theory, not LLM agents.
FleetPilot: Fine-Grained Steering Empowers Real-World LLM Personalization
This paper proposes a steering framework that dynamically personalizes language model responses using low-overhead activation vectors.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Focuses on activation steering for user personalization, not agent planning or tool use.
Single-Sample Decoding of a Two-Layer Sound-Word Canvas Model for Thai Klon Pad
This paper introduces a two-layer masked language model approach to generate constrained Thai poetry in a single decoding pass.
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AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Presents a constrained masked language model for poetry, not an autonomous agent.
Fitting Every Hint Is Not Enough: Premature Floods in Recurrent Algorithmic Reasoners
This paper investigates failure modes where recurrent algorithmic reasoning models jump ahead prematurely when generalizing to larger graphs.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Studies recurrent graph reasoners, not LLM agent planning or tool use.
Too Late to Prune: Generative AI, the Screen, and Team Creative Decisions
This paper studies experimentally how the timing of generative AI access impacts team ideation and creative selection.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Studies human team workflows with generative tools, not autonomous LLM agents.
Mixing Regularization for Average-Reward $Q$-Learning and $Q$-Planning
This paper provides theoretical convergence guarantees for average-reward reinforcement learning algorithms via mixing policy regularization.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Theoretical analysis of Q-learning, not language model agent systems.
Certify the Decision, Not Every Score: Exact Top-k Selection from Few Evaluations
This paper proposes an adaptive selection method that identifies the top candidates under uncertainty using minimal scenario evaluations.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Theoretical decision-making algorithm for candidate selection, not LLM agents.
Recurrent In-Context Learning for Tabular Foundation Models
This paper introduces parameter-tied recurrent blocks to reduce model size in tabular foundation models without sacrificing performance.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Studies tabular foundation model architectures, not autonomous agents.
Can You Trust Your Preference Models? Stackelberg Games for Alignment
This paper models preference model alignment as a Stackelberg game to identify comparisons where evaluators are prone to error.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Focuses on preference model alignment games, not LLM tool use or multi-agent planning.
On the Complexity Gap Between POMDPs and Multi-Environment POMDPs
This paper maps the computational complexity landscape of robust decision-making in multi-environment partially observable environments.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Theoretical complexity analysis of POMDPs, not LLM agent workflows.
UltraBERT: Beyond the Limit of BERT Pre-Training
This paper analyzes pretraining factors such as masking ratios and token budgets to optimize bidirectional transformer encoders.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Focuses on pre-training BERT encoders, not LLM multi-step agents.
Toward System One Clinical Intelligence: Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning and Counterfactual Explainability of Decision Foundation Models
This paper fine-tunes a quantized decision model to classify diseases from patient symptom descriptions without free-form text generation.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Presents a classification model, not an agent planning or tool use system.
InCLAD: A Continual Learning Benchmark for Industrial Visual Anomaly Detection
This paper introduces a benchmark to evaluate continual learning in semi-supervised visual industrial anomaly detection across components.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Addresses continual visual anomaly detection, not LLM agent systems.
Belief Embedding Tree Search
This paper proposes a tree search method using belief embeddings for planning in partially observable environments.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Focuses on classical POMDP tree search rather than language model agents.
Select or Rewrite: Oracle-Guided Fine-Tuning for Generative ASR Post-Editing from N-Best Hypotheses
This paper fine-tunes language models to selectively correct speech recognition transcripts using curated candidate pools.
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AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Focuses on ASR post-editing supervision, not multi-step autonomous agents.
Deep Learning-based Semantic Segmentation of Dental Radiographs: Comparative Evaluation of PSPNet, DeepLabv3, UNet, and UNet++
This paper compares four deep learning segmentation models for detecting structures in dental radiographs under controlled experimental settings.
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AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Covers medical radiograph segmentation, not autonomous LLM agents.
Exposing AI Inference as a Telco Network API over the 5G User Plane
This paper demonstrates an API and network framework to support split AI inference over 5G mobile networks.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Focuses on 5G network API abstractions, not autonomous planning agents.
Knowledge transfer between simple discrete worlds
This paper examines how recurrent models generalize and transfer rule-based reasoning across discrete puzzle environments.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Explores abstract puzzle reasoning, not autonomous tool-using agents.
GAMW: Generation-Aware Mel-Domain Watermarking for TTS Traceability
This paper proposes a watermarking method embedded during speech synthesis to trace and verify generated audio.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Covers audio watermarking for TTS, not autonomous multi-step planning agents.
Have You Been Convinced? A Neuro-symbolic Argumentation Reasoning Approach to Detecting Persuasiveness in ChangeMyView Discussions
This paper presents a neuro-symbolic framework using language models and formal argumentation semantics to detect persuasiveness in online discussions.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Develops a neuro-symbolic argument reasoning system, not an autonomous tool-using agent.
VLCQ: Post-training quantization for deep neural networks using variable length coding
Introduces a variable-length coding method for post-training neural network quantization that maintains accuracy without retraining.
Peer-reviewed
AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Presents a neural network quantization method, not autonomous planning agents.
scHFBiMamba: a bidirectional Mamba autoencoder for cardiac disease-state classification from single-nucleus RNA-seq data
Evaluates a compact bidirectional Mamba state-space autoencoder for classifying heart failure disease states from single-nucleus RNA sequencing data.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Presents a bioinformatics model, not an autonomous multi-step agent.
ShellElastic: Scalable Elastic Pretraining with Simultaneous Maximal Updates and Hyperparameter Transfer
Introduces an elastic transformer pretraining architecture enabling simultaneous hyperparameter transfer and subnetwork execution within a single model.
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AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Addresses transformer architecture pretraining, not agent workflows or planning.
RIECNN: Real-Time Image Enhanced CNN for Traffic Sign Recognition
Presents an enhanced convolutional neural network architecture for real-time traffic sign classification in autonomous driving applications.
Peer-reviewed
AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Proposes a vision architecture, not an autonomous planning LLM agent.
To Defer or Not to Defer? Online Learning with LLMs and Congested Experts
Proposes an online learning algorithm that decides whether language models should answer queries directly or defer to congested human experts.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Addresses an online query-deferral algorithm rather than autonomous multi-step agents.
GesBench: When and Where Do Multimodal Language Models Perceive Social Meaning?
Introduces a benchmark evaluating how and when multimodal language models perceive human social cues from partial audio and video snippets.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Evaluates multimodal perception of social cues, not agentic planning and action.
Trust Hinders Bidirectional Human-AI Alignment
Critiques trust calibration in human-AI decision making for open-ended problems and outlines dimensions for higher-order system alignment.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Discusses human-AI decision-making philosophy rather than multi-step tool-using agents.
Single-step Retrosynthesis via Reinforcement Learning from Forward Feedback
Trains chemical retrosynthesis models via reinforcement learning using forward reaction model consistency to credit plausible alternative pathways.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Covers chemical retrosynthesis modeling, not autonomous tool-using agents.
UDHRBench: Benchmarking Human Rights in Large Language Models
Evaluates commercial language models against Universal Declaration of Human Rights principles, revealing misalignments driven by efficiency arguments.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Focuses on alignment benchmarking rather than autonomous agent planning.
Continuous Risk-Based Scheduling for Food Safety Inspection: Integrating Historical Decay with Event-Driven Consumer Review Signals
Combines historical violation decay with language-model triage of online consumer reviews to dynamically schedule restaurant health inspections.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Proposes a scheduling pipeline using classifiers, not autonomous planning agents.
SocraticRepair: Planning-Guided Socratic Tutoring for Program Debugging and Misconception Repair
Fine-tunes a coding model using synthetic tutoring dialogues to provide step-by-step guidance without revealing program fixes prematurely.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Focuses on conversational tutoring dialogue rather than autonomous multi-step agents.
Exploring Jailbreak Vulnerability Across Depth-Based Dynamic Inference in Large Language Models
Studies how depth-based early-exit inference affects language model safety, finding shallow exits resist jailbreaks better than deep exits.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Studies dynamic inference and jailbreak attacks, not autonomous agents.
Running Fewer Loops Removes Refusal Behaviour in Recurrent-Depth Language Models
Shows that running fewer layer loops in recurrent-depth models significantly reduces safety refusals while preserving most reasoning performance.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Studies depth reduction in language models, not autonomous agent systems.
Understanding Unified VLMs: From Attention Probing to Guidance Tuning for Multimodal Generation
Probes attention heads in unified vision-language models to study condition processing and introduces an inference-time guidance tuning method.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Investigates internal attention mechanisms, not multi-step autonomous planning agents.
Using Evidence-Centered Design to Guide Prompt Engineering in Measurement: An Illustration with Automated Essay Scoring
Applies an educational measurement framework to prompt engineering to improve the validity and reproducibility of automated essay scoring systems.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Focuses on prompt engineering principles, not multi-step agent workflows.
MoMaTune: Model, Match, Then Tune Language Models for Numerical Records
Presents a two-stage post-training strategy that improves language model handling of tabular numerical records using auxiliary pretraining and token matching.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Focuses on tabular pretraining objectives, not multi-step agent planning.
Framework for an AI-Ready ARPES Community Database
Proposes a data-sharing ecosystem and framework to make angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy data organized and accessible for AI research.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Proposes a scientific data infrastructure, not an AI agent system.
ClinEdge: An Expert-Graded Benchmark of Real Patient Edge Cases Where Frontier Multimodal Models Fail
Introduces a medical benchmark of real de-identified patient edge cases pairing imaging with clinical vignettes to test multimodal language models.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Evaluates medical diagnostic models rather than tool-using autonomous agents.
RECAP: Calibrating Low-Bit Reasoning Models on the History They Read
The paper presents RECAP, a post-training quantization method that calibrates reasoning models using dynamic prefixes to reduce error accumulation.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Focuses on quantizing reasoning models, not agent planning or tools.
LeHami: Symplectic Latent Dynamics for World Models
The paper proposes LeHami, incorporating symplectic Hamiltonian dynamics into latent predictive architectures to prevent representation collapse over long rollouts.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Studies dynamical systems in world models, not LLM-based agent planning.
GeoBridge: Evolving Transferable Decoder Topologies for Geometric Vision
The paper presents GeoBridge, an evolutionary framework that searches for reusable, transferable decoder topologies across geometric vision tasks.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Deals with neural architecture search for vision, not agent workflows.
North or South? Diagnosing LLMs' Understanding of North Korean Language, Society, and Knowledge
The paper presents LENS, a benchmark evaluating language models on North Korean linguistic nuances, sociocultural perspectives, and domain knowledge.
Preprint
AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Focuses on evaluating static LLM QA, not agentic planning.
Protein Crystallization Segmentation and Classification Using Subordinate Color Channel in Fluorescence Microscopy Images
The paper proposes using subordinate color channel intensities in fluorescence microscopy to improve protein crystallization segmentation and classification.
Peer-reviewed
AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Focuses on microscopy image segmentation, not autonomous planning or agents.
Co-DSL: Human-LLM Co-design of Reusable Spatial Concepts for Layout Generation
The paper presents Co-DSL, enabling users and language models to co-design reusable spatial concepts to guide layout generation solvers.
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AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Studies human-in-the-loop DSL design, not autonomous multi-step agents.
HGA-Quant: Heterogeneity-Aware Quantization for AutoRegressive Visual Generation Models
The paper introduces a post-training quantization framework for autoregressive visual generation models to retain image quality under low precision.
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AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Focuses on post-training quantization, not agent planning or tool use.
CHEAR: Confusion-Hierarchy Evidence-Aware Reasoning for Cost-Efficient Human Activity Recognition
The paper introduces CHEAR, an activity recognition framework that pre-organizes confusion hierarchies offline to reduce inference costs.
Preprint
AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Focuses on sensor activity recognition workflows rather than multi-step tool agents.
WisdomNet: trustable machine learning toward error-free classification
The paper proposes an artificial neural network framework designed to reject uncertain predictions to prevent misclassification errors.
Peer-reviewed
AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Focuses on standard classification rejection, not language model agents.
Accuracy and Uncertainty in Machine Deception Detection (Research White Paper)
The paper proposes a multi-layer detector ensemble to identify deceptive model outputs while calibrating score uncertainty and false-positive rates.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Detects deceptive outputs from activations, not agentic planning.
SuperAI: Merging Capabilities Across Heterogeneous Foundation Models
The paper introduces SuperAI, a framework to merge complementary capabilities across heterogeneous foundation models using low-dimensional subspace alignment.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Focuses on representation subspace alignment across models, not multi-step agents.
Anchor-and-Harvest Curriculum: A Fully Unmasked Non-LLM Curriculum for Craftax
The paper introduces a rule-based curriculum training system that improves reinforcement learning performance on Craftax without language models.
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AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Uses non-LLM reinforcement learning curricula for a 2D game, not LLM agents.
ZOIF: Zeroth-Order Influence Function Estimation for LLM Data Selection Using Only Forward Passes
The paper introduces a zeroth-order influence function framework to enable memory-efficient training data selection using only forward passes.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Focuses on influence functions for training data selection, not agents.
MultiFlow: Vision-Driven Multimodal fMRI Encoding via Stimulus-Informed Source Flow Matching
The paper introduces MultiFlow, a generative framework that models distributions of fMRI neural responses using stimulus-informed flow matching.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Deals with neural fMRI encoding, not LLM agents.
StimFlow: Synthesizing Brain Activity from Images via Stimulus-conditioned Flow Matching
The paper presents StimFlow, using conditional flow matching to synthesize fMRI brain activity directly in voxel space from visual stimuli.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Synthesizes fMRI signals from images, not LLM agent systems.
Across Viewpoints and Time: Trajectory-Generalizable Physical Attacks on World Models and Video Understanding Models
The paper develops an attack framework to generate physical adversarial textures that deceive video models across varying trajectories and viewpoints.
Preprint
AI agents
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Studies physical visual adversarial attacks, not LLM agents.
CodeWalk: Generating Coding Benchmarks by Walking a Problem Graph
The paper presents CodeWalk, a method to create challenging coding benchmarks at low cost by programmatically composing verified atomic problems.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
Not relevant
Generates synthetic programming problems rather than planning agent systems.
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