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Every paper checked in the week of 12–18 Oct 2026 · LLM evaluation and benchmarks — nothing is hidden. Brief papers first.

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SPROUT: Scaling Agentic Reinforcement Learning for Long-Horizon Software Engineering
The paper presents SPROUT, a snapshot-based rollout framework to scale reinforcement learning for long-horizon software engineering tasks.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Introduces a training framework rather than an evaluation benchmark.
Scaling Laws for Multimodal Data Mixtures
The paper derives multimodal data mixing scaling laws across text, vision, and audio using mixture-of-experts models.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Derives scaling laws for training rather than benchmarking systems.
Query-Adaptive Neuron Steering for LLMs
This paper proposes a framework that dynamically steers internal language model neurons based on query-induced activation patterns.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Proposes an inference-time steering mechanism, not an evaluation suite.
Reward-Aligned Distillation
This paper presents a bilevel distillation method that weights teacher supervision tokens based on their predicted impact on student reward.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Presents a distillation training method, not an evaluation framework.
Uniform Information Density-Based Preference Optimization
This paper proposes a preference optimization algorithm grounded in uniform information density theory to align language model outputs.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Proposes a training optimization method rather than evaluation benchmarks.
VoTSpeech: Decoupling Voice Design from Speech Generation in Instruction-Following TTS
This paper presents an instruction-following text-to-speech model that separates voice design from speech generation using an intermediate voice latent.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Presents a TTS model architecture, not evaluation methodology.
Amharic-English Cross-Language Question Answering Using Statistical Machine Translation, Named Entity Recognition, and Semantic Indexing
This paper presents a bidirectional Amharic-English cross-language question answering system using machine translation, entity recognition, and semantic indexing.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Presents an information retrieval system, not benchmark methodology.
The Constitution Speaks Nheengatu: An Open MT System and Reproducible Corpus Pipeline for the Amazonian Língua Geral
This paper releases an open parallel corpus, speech evaluation set, and translation models for Portuguese and the Amazonian language Nheengatu.
Peer-reviewed
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
Not relevant
Creates a translation corpus and system, not LLM evaluation.
Training-Free BioNEL-RAG: Advancing Biomedical Entity Linking through Retrieval-Augmented Generation and Large Language Model
This paper introduces a training-free retrieval-augmented generation framework for biomedical named entity linking to improve cross-domain adaptability.
Peer-reviewed
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
Not relevant
Proposes an entity-linking framework, not an evaluation benchmark.
Dependency Reasoning for Aspect Sentiment Quadruple Prediction
This paper injects linearized dependency parse trees into language model prompts to improve aspect sentiment quadruple prediction.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Focuses on a task-specific extraction method, not benchmarks.
Agent-Guided Evidence Acquisition for Emotion-Cause Pair Extraction
This paper investigates an agent framework that selectively queries expert judgments for borderline emotion-cause pairs to improve extraction accuracy.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Studies extraction strategies rather than LLM benchmarking methods.
Description Complexity Bounds for Analytic Approximations of Lipschitz Functions
This paper derives theoretical description complexity bounds for approximating one-dimensional Lipschitz functions using elementary analytic expression trees.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Theoretical math analysis, not LLM benchmarking or evaluation.
FidelityQ: Preserving Predictive Fidelity in Ultra-Low-Bit Language Model Quantization
This paper introduces a scalar quantization method using analytic coding to preserve language model predictive fidelity at precisions down to two bits.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Proposes a quantization method rather than benchmark evaluation.
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.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Evaluates context filtering techniques, not general LLM benchmarks.
HiPAD: A Unified Gait, Audio-Visual, and Personality Fusion Network for Depression Detection, with a Hierarchical Personality Ablation and the Calibration Limits of Domain-Adapted LLMs
This paper presents a multimodal fusion network for depression detection combining gait, audio-visual data, and textual personality descriptions.
Peer-reviewed
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
Not relevant
Presents a challenge submission network rather than evaluation methodology.
HodgePhaseNet: Discrete Hodge Decomposition of Semantic Flows in Transformer Attention
This paper introduces a discrete Hodge decomposition method to separate semantic flow transitions within transformer attention mechanisms.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Presents an attention architecture, not benchmark evaluation methodology.
What Drives AI Citations? Content, Retrieval and Model Knowledge in Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)
This paper examines how content matching, retrieval mechanics, and model knowledge affect web page citations in generative search engines.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Empirical analysis of search engines rather than evaluation methodology.
PAT: A Personality-Driven Augmentation and Transfer Learning Framework for Depression Detection on Social Media
This paper presents a personality-driven augmentation and contrastive learning framework to improve depression detection from social media posts.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Proposes a detection framework rather than a general evaluation benchmark.
Compute-Optimal Scaling Laws for Spiking Language Models
The paper presents an empirical scaling law study measuring parameter and compute trade-offs in spiking neural network language models.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Analyzes compute scaling laws rather than LLM evaluation benchmarks.
Where Did We Go Wrong? Localizing Errors to Repair Multi-Turn Conversations
The paper presents a framework to probabilistically localize user-intent misinterpretations and repair conversational states in multi-turn assistant systems.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Presents an error-recovery framework rather than an evaluation benchmark.
Learning Proposition-Level Links from Sentence-Level Supervision for Neuro-Symbolic NLI
The paper proposes a trainable proposition linker that learns atom-level semantic links from sentence-level supervision for neuro-symbolic inference.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Proposes a linking architecture rather than an evaluation benchmark.
Active Learning for Finding a Needle in a Haystack
The paper evaluates whether active learning strategies can overcome initial selection biases when identifying rare document classes in large text corpora.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Evaluates active learning algorithms rather than LLM benchmark design.
Word-Aligned Prosody Reflects Speaker Differences More Than Depression or PTSD Severity
The paper investigates whether word-aligned prosodic speech measurements reflect speaker identity traits more strongly than depression or PTSD severity.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Evaluates acoustic biomarkers rather than language model benchmarks.
SAFE-KV: Causal Suffix Repair for Behavior-Preserving Non-Prefix KV Cache Reuse in RAG
The paper presents a repair method that re-encodes causal suffixes to enable safe non-prefix KV-cache reuse in retrieval-augmented generation.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Introduces a cache repair technique rather than an evaluation benchmark.
Do LLMs differentiate linguistic traits internally?: A layer-wise analysis
The paper conducts layer-wise representational analysis to determine how language models internally distinguish conventional meanings from idiomatic traits.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Examines internal interpretability probing rather than LLM benchmarking.
From Candidate Tokens to Final Outcomes: Decoding Relative Long-Horizon Candidate Value from Reasoning Model Representations
The paper constructs a dataset to show that relative candidate token value in multi-step reasoning is linearly decodable from model representations.
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LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Investigates internal representation probing rather than evaluation benchmark integrity.
AlphaPilot: Multi-Turn Tool-Using LLM Agents for Adaptive Alpha Mining with Reinforcement Learning
The paper introduces a reinforcement learning framework that trains tool-using agents to generate and refine financial alpha factor formulas.
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LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Proposes an alpha-mining agent rather than an LLM benchmark.
Concept Representations in Vector Space: Quantifying Sharedness and Idiosyncrasy of Meaning
The paper develops a measurement framework using sentence embeddings to quantify shared versus individual-specific variation in concept definitions.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Focuses on psycholinguistic measurement rather than LLM benchmarking.
A Step in the Right Place: Understanding and Optimizing Timestep Placement in Continuous Diffusion Language Models
The paper introduces an algorithm to optimize denoising timestep placement in continuous diffusion language models to improve generation quality.
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LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
Not relevant
Focuses on sampling algorithms rather than evaluation benchmarks.
Apertus 1.5: From Open Text Models to Open Multimodal Reasoners
The paper presents open-source multimodal models extended to process text, images, and audio with long-context reasoning capabilities.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Evaluates a new model release rather than benchmarking methodology.
An Interpretable Linguistically-Grounded Analysis of Scene Saliency in Movie Screenplays
The paper evaluates whether uniform information density and specific linguistic features predict salient scenes in movie screenplays.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Studies linguistic salience rather than LLM benchmarking methodologies.
The Fragility and Dynamics of LLM Pruning-Recovery Steps
The paper analyzes how pruning and subsequent recovery stages interact, finding instruction-following collapses earlier than domain knowledge during model compression.
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LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Evaluates pruning recipes rather than creating evaluation benchmarks.
Towards Robust Calibration Dataset for Domain-General Mixture of Experts Pruning
The paper studies how calibration dataset size, language, and data distribution affect post-training expert pruning in mixture-of-experts models.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Studies pruning calibration data rather than evaluation benchmark design.
The Gradient That Top-k Distillation Never Computes
The paper analyzes gradient dynamics in top-k distillation, showing that renormalization prevents optimization along directions controlling tail token probabilities.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Analyzes training distillation gradients rather than evaluation benchmarks.
The Mathematical Collective Unconscious: Jungian Archetypes within the Latent Space
The paper examines whether large language model embedding spaces naturally form semantic clusters resembling Jungian archetypes using synthetic and human-authored texts.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Latent space exploratory study, not a benchmark.
Towards Autopilot Labeling for Short Video Content Governance
The paper presents a multi-stage automated labeling framework using multimodal models and agents to annotate short videos for content moderation.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
Not relevant
Presents an automated labeling system, not an evaluation benchmark.
Preserving Updates in Low-Bit Recurrent State Quantization
This paper proposes a low-rank bypass to accumulate small updates and reduce compounding errors in quantized recurrent model states.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
Not relevant
Does not propose benchmarks or evaluation methodologies.
TL;QR: Querying Temporal Discursive Patterns in Textual Corpora
TL;QR pairs language-model passage judgments with a symbolic temporal logic engine to track evolving patterns in textual corpora.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Proposes a querying engine, not a model benchmark.
Enhancing Zero-Shot Domain Transfer in Low-Resource Sentiment Analysis: A Case Study in Marathi
This paper studies multi-domain training setups to improve zero-shot sentiment classification transfer across unseen domains in Marathi.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Empirical study on domain transfer, not benchmark design.
Robust Marathi Sentiment Analysis using Domain-Adaptive Pre-training and Data Augmentation Approaches
The authors evaluate domain-adaptive pretraining and back-translation data augmentation to improve sentiment classification in Marathi.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Applies standard training techniques, no novel evaluation paradigm.
RSIPO: Recursive Self-Improving Policy Optimization for Agentic Reinforcement Learning via Skill-Policy Co-Evolution
RSIPO introduces a reinforcement learning framework where agentic skills and policy models co-evolve using self-extracted trajectory experience.
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LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
Not relevant
Does not introduce a new benchmark or judge method.
Heterogeneous Structured Pruning Under Resource Constraints for Hardware-Efficient Large Language Models
Heterogeneous Structured Pruning selects sublayer-specific sparsity patterns guided by latency and memory models for hardware-efficient inference.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Does not introduce LLM benchmarks or evaluation methods.
Latent Taxonomies: How Property Induction Develops in Language Model Pre-training
This study analyzes how category-based property induction emerges in language models during pretraining using a synthetic hierarchical taxonomy.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Studies pre-training phenomena rather than testing benchmarks.
KhyontekAI at CheckThat! 2026: Multilingual Dense Retrieval and Cross-Encoder Reranking for Scientific Web Claims
The authors present a multilingual dense retrieval and reranking framework to link scientific web claims to their source publications.
Peer-reviewed
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
Not relevant
Presents a competition system, not an evaluation framework.
Binding Phoneme Identity to Position in Neural Models and the Human Brain
The study tests whether neural models bind phoneme identity to serial position using state direction and magnitude representations.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Does not introduce benchmarks or LLM evaluation frameworks.
RIVO: Lightweight Adaptive Rerouting for Deep Research Agents
RIVO is a lightweight plug-in framework that adaptively reroutes research agent trajectories to prevent premature stopping or wasted steps.
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LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Does not introduce a new benchmark or evaluation method.
More Reasoning Is Not Always Better: Executing Clinical Guidelines with LLMs and Rules
MedDEx combines language models for patient data extraction with deterministic rule engines to execute clinical treatment guidelines accurately and efficiently.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Proposes a hybrid decision framework rather than evaluation benchmarks.
Natural Language Processing for Aligning Readings with Learning Objectives and Assessing Topic Balance in Dental Education
The paper develops a natural language processing workflow to check reading list alignment with curriculum objectives and topic balance.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Presents a domain-specific curriculum workflow, not an LLM benchmark.
Scaling Repeated-Data Pretraining: Batch Size, Regularization, and GPU-Time Tradeoffs
This paper investigates batch size, regularization methods, and runtime tradeoffs when pretraining language models on repeated finite data.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Investigates pretraining optimization rather than benchmark development.
Mixed Feelings, Single Polarity
The authors examine failure points when projecting complex emotion dataset labels onto single positive or negative valence polarities.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Examines classical sentiment dataset annotations rather than LLM benchmarks.
PAIR: Memory-Efficient and Fast Inference with Reading--Reasoning Fusion
PAIR splits context processing and answer reasoning between two different-sized models, fusing predictions at the logit level for efficient inference.
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LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
Not relevant
Presents an inference architecture rather than evaluation benchmarks.
Scaling Multi-Agent Intelligence with Substrate-Centric Coordination
ScaleMAS coordinates multi-agent systems using an asynchronous shared datastore with limited search to improve scaling and fault tolerance.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Proposes a multi-agent framework rather than evaluation benchmarks.
Hashrope: A Persistent Data Structure for Mechanisms of LLM Context Management
This paper presents Hashrope, a unified persistent data structure supporting incremental edits, branching, and cache reuse for language model serving.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Introduces a context management data structure, not an evaluation benchmark.
Think Before You Speak: Enabling Training-Free Latent Communication Between Language Models
This paper presents CacheFuse, a training-free technique enabling heterogeneous language models to communicate directly by sharing key-value cache states.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Proposes a collaboration method rather than benchmark evaluation methodologies.
DeepThink: A Conceptual Model for Knowledge-Addressable Recurrent Language Modeling
This paper proposes DeepThink, a conceptual architecture that decouples knowledge capacity, activation width, and recurrent depth in language models.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
Not relevant
Introduces a conceptual model architecture, not evaluation benchmarks.
Error Correction in Trained TTT Layers
This paper analyzes prediction-derived error updates and test-time gradient objectives in trained test-time-training layers.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Studies gradient mechanics in TTT layers rather than evaluation benchmarks.
Deep Speech Representations Track Word Timing along a Low-Dimensional Circular Trajectory
This paper demonstrates that deep speech representations track word timing along low-dimensional circular trajectories across multiple model architectures.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Analyzes representation geometry rather than benchmark evaluation frameworks.
ATTCK-R: Knowledge-Aware Long-Horizon Jailbreaking for Protected LLMs
This paper presents ATTCK-R, a planning-driven multi-turn red teaming framework to evaluate language models guarded by prompt safety defenses.
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LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Proposes an adversarial red-teaming method, not general evaluation benchmarks.
RIFT: Token Influence Follows the Path of Least Resistance
This paper proposes RIFT, a method using electrical resistance analogies to trace token influence through transformer attention graphs.
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LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Introduces an interpretability tool rather than a model evaluation benchmark.
A Production-Grade, High-Efficiency Agentic RL Framework for Frontier LLMs with Validated Recipes
This paper introduces LoongSage, an asynchronous reinforcement learning framework designed to run multi-turn agent tasks with reduced system overhead.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Proposes an RL training framework rather than evaluation benchmarks.
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