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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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Language-Specific Effects of Tokenizer Choice in Multilingual Language Models
The paper trains 123 models across 54 tokenizers to show tokenizer choice matters more for languages with less training data.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
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Studies multilingual tokenization effects rather than autonomous agent systems.
When KL Regularization Misfires in Group Policy Optimization
Analyzes interaction failures between KL regularization and rewards in group policy optimization and proposes a calibrated surrogate objective.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Focuses on reinforcement learning policy optimization rather than multi-step agent architectures.
SciTBERT: A family of chronologically consistent language models for scientific and technological language processing
Releases BERT models pre-trained with yearly chronological cutoffs to reduce lookahead bias in scientific and patent text mining.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Presents pretrained transformer encoders rather than multi-step agent systems.
DiffuPlex: Accelerating Full-Duplex Spoken Dialog Models via Rolling Masked Diffusion
Presents a rolling masked diffusion method that accelerates full-duplex spoken dialog models by forecasting multiple future interaction frames.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Focuses on acoustic speech generation inference rather than multi-step agent planning.
TokenRouter: Efficient Serving System for Token-Level LLM Routing
Designs an inference serving system optimized for dynamic, token-level routing across multiple language models.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
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Focuses on systems-level token routing across LLMs rather than agentic planning.
NativeScope: Relation-Localized Retrieval over Native Topology with a Correct Anchor
Proposes a scope-then-rank retrieval method using document topology and relational structure rather than pure semantic similarity.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Focuses on document retrieval ranking rather than autonomous agent systems.
SparseDecoding: Decoding-Aware Pruning for Accurate and Efficient LLM Inference
Identifies distribution shift during autoregressive decoding and proposes a decoding-aware pruning method to accelerate model inference.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Focuses on model pruning for decoding speedup rather than agent workflows.
VFold: Symmetry-Aware Cross-Layer Value Cache Compression
Presents a symmetry-aware value cache merging method to compress key-value memory during long-context decoding without architectural changes.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Focuses on KV cache memory optimization rather than LLM agent architectures.
Which Skill to Distill? SGUID: Selecting a Compact Skill Bank for Model-Skill Co-Evolution
Proposes a method to select a compact subset of procedural skills that provide effective training signals during model distillation.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Focuses on knowledge distillation of procedural guidance rather than autonomous agent systems.
Latent Core Tokenizer: Compress, but Meaningfully
Introduces a multilingual tokenizer that uses structural discovery and linguistic constraints to improve downstream model representations.
Preprint
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Investigates tokenizer construction methods rather than multi-step LLM agent systems.
SpaceCast-Bench: Evaluating Predictive Spatial Reasoning in Vision-Language Models
Introduces a benchmark evaluating how well vision-language models predict unseen physical outcomes following scene interventions.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Evaluates predictive spatial reasoning in vision-language models, not multi-step tool-using autonomous agents.
WOVEN: Weaving Visual World Modeling into Multimodal LLMs
Presents a benchmark and dataset using generative video rollouts to train and evaluate visual transition reasoning in multimodal models.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Focuses on visual reasoning models rather than multi-step tool-using agents.
FastBench: Can Streaming VLMs Perceive High-Dynamic Real-World Streams?
Introduces a benchmark evaluating streaming vision-language models on fast-moving, high-dynamic events in real-world video streams.
Preprint
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Focuses on video perception models, not autonomous planning or tool-using agents.
Contextual Correction of Parallel Draftsfor Speculative Decoding
Introduces a lightweight correction mechanism to restore token dependencies during parallel draft generation in speculative decoding.
Preprint
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Presents an inference decoding algorithm, not an autonomous agent framework.
CLUE: A Contrastive Learning Framework for Unsupervised Event Type Induction and Annotation
Proposes an unsupervised framework using contrastive learning and clustering to induce, name, and annotate event types from text.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
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Proposes an unsupervised clustering framework, not an LLM agent with tools or planning.
One Model to Loop Them All: Elastic Latent Recurrence for Language Models
Presents a training method for latent recurrent language models that avoids performance penalties at single loops while scaling with compute.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Presents a recurrent neural network architecture, not an autonomous agent system.
Knowing Is Not Telling: Identity Ossification in LLM Representations of Trans-border Communities
Proposes a diagnostic framework to study how language models compress fluid trans-border ethnic identities into rigid nation-state categories.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Evaluates LLM question answering representation, not autonomous agentic systems.
GeopoliticalQA: Benchmarking Retrieval and Generation over Intelligence Reports
Introduces a benchmark of 5,525 QA pairs from intelligence reports to evaluate RAG document- and chunk-level retrieval.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
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Evaluates RAG retrieval and answer generation, not autonomous multi-step planning agents.
perturber: A Stateless Service for Semantics-Preserving Text Perturbations
Presents a stateless service and library providing isolated, semantics-preserving text perturbations for language model robustness testing.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Presents a text perturbation library, not an autonomous agent or multi-step system.
Activating the Annotator: Operationalising Lived Experience in Data Annotation
Tests whether priming annotators with scenario vignettes and micro-narratives improves the operationalization of lived experience in subjective annotation.
Preprint
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Investigates human data annotation methods, not language model agent systems.
U4RASD at KnowledgeGraphEval-2026: Ontology-Constrained Encoder and LLM Systems for Arabic Relation Extraction
Describes an ontology-constrained ensemble system of encoders and fine-tuned language models for directed Arabic relation extraction.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Presents relation extraction classifiers, not autonomous agents or planning systems.
DistressBench: Evaluating Multi-Dimensional Crisis Support in Large Language Models
Introduces an evaluation benchmark measuring how effectively language models provide supportive responses during self-harm and crisis disclosures.
Preprint
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
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Evaluates conversational responses to crisis disclosure rather than multi-step tool-use agents.
Large Language Models, Machine-Assisted Cultural Analytics, and the Agentic Turn
Examines methodological and conceptual implications of using large language models and agentic workflows for machine-assisted cultural analytics.
Preprint
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Presents a conceptual humanities chapter discussing workflow delegation, not technical agent architectures.
People Making Conversation: Evaluating How Naturally Speech Models Converse
Evaluates whether real-time speech models decide to speak appropriately during natural pauses and turn ends in unscripted conversations.
Preprint
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Evaluates real-time conversational speech turn-taking rather than goal-directed autonomous agents.
Fear Is Not Always Fear: Variation in Emotion Label Equivalence Across Datasets
Tests cross-corpus emotion classification transfer across three datasets, finding significant loss in discrimination and conceptual disagreement on labels.
Preprint
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Studies standard text classifiers, not autonomous or multi-step LLM agents.
Unreliable Narrator Framing as a Cost-effective Mechanism for Satire Explanation of Australian and American Satirical News
Evaluates whether framing explanations around unreliable narrator theory enables open-weight models to explain satirical news cost-effectively.
Preprint
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Focuses on single-prompt explanation generation, not multi-step tool use or autonomous agents.
Time Delay System for Sequence Modeling
Proposes a sequence modeling framework using dynamic nonlinear time delays based on semantic similarity between current and past inputs.
Preprint
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Proposes an alternative sequence modeling architecture, not an autonomous agent system.
Rethinking the Roles of Diffusion and Decoding: Predictive-State Flows for Parallel Language Generation
Proposes separating continuous diffusion language generation into high-level flow-generated predictive states and block-level autoregressive token decoding.
Preprint
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Introduces an architecture for parallel generation, not agent workflows.
MVGraph: Benchmarking LVLMs on Evidence Composition across Multi-View Visual Graph
Introduces a benchmark evaluating vision-language models on graph-theoretic reasoning where evidence is split across multiple visual graph views.
Preprint
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Presents a benchmark for visual graph reasoning, not multi-step autonomous tool-use agents.
Forecasting Corpus-Sampling Disagreement in Masked Text Reconstruction
Derives a formula to forecast disagreement between masked text reconstruction models fitted on independent samples from the same population.
Preprint
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Studies statistical sampling variance in language modeling, not agent frameworks.
Language Models Have Interpretable Narrative Mechanisms
Identifies internal attention heads, neurons, and sparse autoencoder features that causally influence narrative representation in language models.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Investigates internal model interpretability for narrativity, not agent systems.
Evaluating LLM Creativity through Long-Tail Performance
Formalizes language model creativity evaluation as long-tail input-output distribution performance and tests it across multiple benchmarks and models.
Preprint
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Analyzes LLM benchmark distributions, not agent architectures or planning.
RAMP: Recurrent Adaptive Mixed Precision for Efficient Prefill in Recurrent-Depth Language Models
Analyzes quantization error propagation in recurrent-depth language models and proposes adaptive mixed-precision schedules for faster prefill inference.
Preprint
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Deals with recurrent-depth model quantization, not agent orchestration.
CliQ-RRG: Clinical-Knowledge Guided Disease-aware Visual-Textual Alignment for QA-Style Radiology Report Generation
Presents a two-stage visual-textual alignment and retrieval-augmented framework for generating structured radiology reports from medical scans.
Preprint
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Presents a report generation pipeline rather than multi-step autonomous planning agents.
KV-Repurpose: A Testbed for Evaluating Non-Prefix KV-Cache Reuse
Develops an open-source testbed to evaluate segment-wise key-value cache reuse beyond exact prompt prefixes during language model serving.
Preprint
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Focuses on serving-level KV-cache memory management rather than multi-step agent planning.
From 2.1M Hours of Raw Broadcast Audio to Finnish Speech SSL: Confidence Filtering and Architectural Analysis at Scale
Evaluates speech self-supervised learning models on Finnish broadcast audio using ASR confidence filtering and controlled architectural comparisons.
Preprint
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Focuses on Finnish speech self-supervised learning, not autonomous agents.
BenCoDiC: A Large-Scale Contextual Cyberbullying Corpus for Bengali Political News Discourse FULL VERSION
Presents a multi-dimensional annotated corpus of Bengali political YouTube discussions to support research on contextual cyberbullying detection.
Preprint
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Presents a cyberbullying text corpus rather than an autonomous LLM agent architecture.
Neurograf v1: An End-to-End Romanian-First Language Model Family
Introduces an end-to-end open pipeline, pretraining corpus, and family of decoder-only models trained from scratch for Romanian.
Preprint
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Introduces a pretrained Romanian language model family, not agent planning or tool use.
Les Misérables Dialogue: A film-based network representation of social communication
Constructs a temporal and multilayer social dialogue network dataset based on the film adaptation of Les Misérables.
Preprint
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Constructs a temporal text network from a movie, not an AI agent system.
PreSTO: Predictive Subtree Prefetching for Fast LLM Power Sampling
Presents a predictive subtree prefetching method to accelerate power sampling for test-time language model reasoning.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Focuses on test-time sampling efficiency rather than autonomous agent planning or tool use.
S$^3$R: Fast and Faithful RL Rollouts via Self-Sparse Speculative Decoding
Introduces speculative decoding using self-sparse attention to speed up rollout generation during reinforcement learning.
Preprint
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Focuses on KV-cache optimization during RL training, not agent workflows or multi-step tool use.
SharP: Soft and Hard Prompt-Guided Augmentation with LLM for Low Resource Fake News Detection
Proposes a prompt-guided text augmentation framework to assist fake news detection in low-resource settings.
Peer-reviewed
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Focuses on prompt-guided data augmentation for classification, not agent workflows.
What Do Audio-Language Judges of Generated Music Listen For? Four Probes with Controls from Expert Ratings
Designs diagnostic probes to determine whether audio-language evaluation models judge music based on audio or prompt content.
Preprint
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Evaluates audio-language evaluators rather than LLM agents.
Vision Transformers Learn Word Meaning from Images Alone
Tests whether self-supervised vision transformers represent semantic meanings of rendered words without paired text data.
Preprint
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Studies visual representation learning, not LLM agents.
CAST: Credit Alignment for Cross-Tokenizer On-Policy Distillation
Proposes a chunk-level credit assignment method for on-policy distillation across language models with different tokenizers.
Preprint
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Proposes a policy distillation algorithm, not autonomous agent planning.
Beyond the Final Embedding: Retrieving Memories from Token-Level Evidence
Introduces a retrieval method combining token-level matching and document-level embeddings for memory-augmented language models.
Preprint
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Focuses on retrieval mechanisms rather than multi-step agent systems.
Do Prompt Optimizers Break Requirements They Are Not Scored On? A Preregistered Study
Evaluates whether automated prompt optimizers inadvertently cause regressions in unscored prompt constraints and requirements.
Preprint
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Analyzes automated prompt optimizers rather than multi-step agent architectures.
Host-Aware Web Crawling for LLM Pretraining Data
Studies host-level budget allocation and crawling policies to collect pretraining web data for language models.
Preprint
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Focuses on web crawling for pretraining, not autonomous agents.
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
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Addresses tokenization serving infrastructure, not agent decision-making or workflows.
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.
Preprint
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Studies attention mechanisms in text-to-image models, not agent planning.
Overcoming Data Imbalances with Expert Selection Biases
Proposes category-conditioned expert routing biases to mitigate data imbalance in mixture-of-experts language models.
Preprint
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Addresses routing in Mixture-of-Experts architectures, not agent 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.
Preprint
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Focuses on evaluation rubrics for models rather than autonomous agents.
MoPrO-SD: Modular Prompt Optimization for Stance Detection
Presents a modular prompt optimization framework and benchmark targeting stance detection in text.
Preprint
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Pertains to prompt optimization for classification, not multi-step agent planning.
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
A bibliometric survey of low-resource NLP, not agentic planning or 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
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Addresses continual learning in speech recognition rather than agent systems.
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
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Focuses on speech accent classification rather than agentic planning or tool use.
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
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Focuses on microcontroller speech recognition, not autonomous LLM agents.
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
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Focuses on cyber-physical systems design engineering, not LLM agents.
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
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Evaluates representation similarity metrics rather than agent planning or workflows.
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.
Preprint
AI agents
via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
Not relevant
Analyzes representation subspaces in MLLMs rather than autonomous agent systems.
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