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

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A Benchmark for Bangla Task-Oriented Dialogue Understanding
The paper introduces BanglaTOD, a tri-lingual benchmark for task-oriented dialogue understanding covering Bangla, English, and romanized Banglish across nine service domains.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Focuses on dialogue comprehension, not safety or reliability risks.
From Agents to Edges: Paired Optimization for Multi-Agent Collaboration
The paper introduces an optimization method that jointly refines communication instructions between communicating agents to improve multi-agent collaboration.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Focuses on task collaboration performance rather than safety guardrails.
Narrative Lookahead in LLMs: Event-Level Decodability, Predictive Advantage, and Steering
The paper probes language model hidden states across generated stories to test whether models anticipate narrative events multiple steps ahead.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Probes internal representations rather than deployment safety or jailbreaks.
SparPR: Runtime KV-Cache Recovery for Resource-Constrained LLM Inference on Consumer Hardware
The paper presents SparPR, a runtime key-value cache recovery mechanism that reduces memory bottlenecks during model inference on consumer hardware.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Focuses on inference hardware optimization, not safety or guardrails.
PACT: A Pragmatic Prompting Framework for Expressive and Voice-Preserving Speech-to-Speech Translation
Presents a pragmatic prompting framework to preserve speaker voice, emotion, and tone during speech-to-speech translation.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Addresses translation quality and expressiveness, not safety or guardrails.
Are We Testing Too Much? A Survey of Benchmark Compression for Efficient Evaluation of Large Language Models
Surveys methods for compressing large language model benchmarks to reduce evaluation costs while maintaining accurate score estimates.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Addresses evaluation redundancy rather than safety or reliability risks.
PAINT: A Framework for Multilingual Pain Representation from Medical Licensing Exams to Real-World Clinical Texts
Presents a multilingual framework and dataset spanning four languages to evaluate clinical pain representations across exams and clinical notes.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Addresses medical information extraction rather than deployment safety risks.
LegalRewardBench: Benchmarking Reward Models for Legal Preference Evaluation
Introduces a human-verified benchmark to evaluate how accurately reward models judge language model outputs on legal tasks.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Focuses on preference evaluation benchmarks rather than deployment safety mechanisms.
Prompt or Policy? Optimizing Physician Slate Presentations with LLM User Simulators
Develops a simulation framework using persona-guided models to optimize comparative doctor summary presentations for medical patients.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Addresses content presentation optimization, not safety or guardrails.
Probing the Geometry of Color Representations in Multilingual Language Models
Probes layer representations in multilingual language models to study whether internal color geometry aligns with human perception or language syntax.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Explores representation geometry rather than deployment safety or robustness.
Multi-Stream Residual Computation in Diffusion Language Models
Equips diffusion language models with multiple residual streams and adaptive routing to separate visible context from masked token generation.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Investigates architecture representations, not safety or guardrails.
Revisiting the Estimation of Unigram Surprisal in Computational Psycholinguistics
Proposes estimating both contextual and unigram surprisal from the same language model to reduce estimation mismatch in reading time studies.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Does not address AI safety, jailbreaks, or guardrails.
Estimating Surprisal from the Speech Signal
Estimates surprisal directly from continuous speech signals using a speech language model and importance sampling over abstract linguistic units.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Focuses on cognitive linguistics and speech perception, not deployment safety.
Teacher-Guided Tool Learning for Small Language Models via Bidirectional KL Constraints
Proposes a teacher-guided reinforcement learning method using bidirectional constraints to help small language models learn effective tool use.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Focuses on tool capability acquisition rather than AI safety or guardrails.
The Last Mile of Coding Agents for Long-Document Tasks: An Empirical Study on Clinical Trial Protocol Digitization
Introduces a benchmark evaluating how reliably software coding agents extract and digitize complex unstructured clinical trial protocol documents.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Analyzes agent task performance and cost, not safety, jailbreaks, or guardrails.
Retrieval Disagreement as a Signal: Diagnosing and Steering Multilingual Dense Embedders
Analyzes retrieval divergence across languages in multilingual dense embedders and introduces disagreement-guided steering to align shared-index search results.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Focuses on cross-lingual retrieval accuracy rather than safety or guardrails.
CREATE: Creativity Evaluation of VLMs using the Visual Remote Associates Test
This paper introduces a visual associative test benchmark to evaluate the lateral reasoning and creative association capabilities of vision-language models.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Focuses on lateral reasoning evaluation rather than deployment safety or guardrails.
Legal-R1: Agentic Retrieval for Evidence-Based Legal Reasoning
This paper introduces a multi-agent retrieval framework that coordinates search across legal statutes and precedent cases for grounded legal reasoning.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Focuses on legal retrieval-augmented reasoning rather than deployment safety guardrails.
Breakdown of Conversational Involvement: A Joint Multi-Modal Analysis of Conversation Floors and F-formation Detection with Multiple Features
This paper analyzes multi-person conversational involvement by jointly evaluating speaking floors and spatial formations from multimodal video features.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Does not address AI safety or deployment reliability.
Does Pretraining Teach Chemical Language Models Chemistry?
This paper evaluates pretraining on chemical language models across 64 molecular datasets, finding that gains saturate below gradient-boosted tree baselines.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Does not investigate deployment safety, guardrails, or alignment risks.
Bayesian Test-Time Inference of Task-Aligned Similarity from Weak Interactive Feedback
This paper proposes a Bayesian method that infers task-aligned similarity metrics at test time using weak interactive feedback.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Does not address AI safety, jailbreaks, hallucinations, or guardrails.
Code-Switching Detection via Language-Selective Dimensions in Speech Foundation Models
This paper presents a method to detect spoken code-switching directly from speech representations using language-selective hidden dimensions.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Focuses on speech pretraining filtering rather than deployment safety guardrails.
SkillScaffold: Scaffolding Agentic Reinforcement Learning with Policy-Adaptive Skill Credit Assignment and Selective Injection
This paper introduces a reinforcement learning scaffold that selectively injects textual skills into agents using low-cost utility estimation.
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AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Focuses on reinforcement learning efficiency rather than deployment safety or jailbreaks.
OmniCompass: A Holistic Benchmark for Omni-Modal Video Grounding and Understanding
This paper introduces a benchmark to evaluate multimodal models on joint audio-visual temporal grounding, spatial grounding, and question answering.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Benchmarking benchmark capability rather than AI alignment, red-teaming, or guardrails.
The Last Remote Sensing Model Built by Humans? Casting Any Earth Observation Task as Recursive Self-Improvement
This paper frames Earth observation model development as an automated loop where coding agents build and iteratively refine models using verifiable harnesses.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Focuses on task automation for satellite imagery rather than AI safety.
Embodied Zero-Shot Task Planning via Hardware-Aware LLM-VLM Integration for Grounded Robotic Manipulation
This paper presents a robotic manipulation framework combining high-level language planning with vision-language verification to enforce physical and kinematic constraints.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Focuses on robotic kinematics execution rather than model safety or guardrails.
ClawLoop: Self-Improving Agents via Harness-Native Training Loop
This paper introduces a training framework that enables harness-based software agents to self-improve without relying on external teacher models.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Concentrates on training autonomous task performance rather than safety guardrails.
Correction Training for Diffusion Models
This paper introduces a learned correction step to reduce error accumulation and the training-inference gap in iterative diffusion model sampling.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Addresses visual sampling artifacts in diffusion models, not AI deployment safety.
Long-Horizon-Terminal-Bench 2.0: Automating Diverse Task Construction and Measuring Sustained Agent Progress
This paper updates a long-horizon terminal benchmark to measure sustained agent progress across complex engineering workflows using dense process rewards.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Measures task completion capabilities rather than safety risks or guardrails.
VETNET: Assembling Benchmark Datasets for AI-Driven Veterinary Innovation
This paper presents an ecosystem of benchmark datasets and evaluation frameworks to advance machine learning applications in veterinary medicine.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Focuses on assembling domain datasets, not AI safety or deployment robustness.
Beyond Discrimination: Evaluating Probability Calibration in Radiomics-Image Fusion for Renal Cell Carcinoma Classification
This paper evaluates whether combining radiomics with deep image representations improves probability calibration and discrimination in renal cancer classification models.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Focuses on statistical calibration for clinical scans, not LLM safety guardrails.
Beyond Gate Weights: Decision-Level Interpretation of Radiomics-Image Feature Fusion for RCC Classification
This paper analyzes decision logits in radiomics-image fusion models to distinguish gate weight values from actual feature contributions during cancer classification.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Deals with model interpretability in oncology, not deployment AI safety.
Next-Concept Modeling: Fast, Parallel Coarse-to-Fine Text Generation
This paper introduces a coarse-to-fine text generation method using discrete code hierarchies to accelerate parallel sampling over diffusion language models.
Preprint
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Focuses on generation speed and architecture rather than AI safety.
Do you "see" what I "see"? A Multi-panel Visual Question Answer Dataset for Large Language Model Chart Analysis
This paper presents a synthetic multi-panel chart visual question answering dataset to evaluate how multimodal models interpret complex scientific figures.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Examines chart extraction accuracy, not safety guardrails or red teaming.
Unconstrained CTI-REALM with Open-Weights
This paper evaluates open-weight language models against closed frontier models on a cybersecurity detection benchmark using an interactive telemetry environment.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Evaluates agent performance on security tasks rather than AI safety guardrails.
Visualizing the World Model in an Agent's Value Function
The paper uses counterfactual interventions to visualize and examine implicit environmental concepts learned inside a reinforcement learning agent's value function.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Examines RL representations in Crafter rather than LLM deployment safety.
Cross-Modal Latent Influence: Patch-Level Training Sample Attribution for Vision-Language Models
The authors introduce sparse autoencoders to trace multimodal training influence down to specific image regions and text phrases.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Examines internal feature attribution rather than deployment safety, guardrails, or hallucination.
Learnable Low-Rank Polynomial Sketch for Effective Linear Attention
The paper proposes a learnable low-rank polynomial sketch to reduce approximation errors in linear attention mechanisms.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Focuses on computational speed rather than deployment safety or guardrails.
Harness^2: Recursive Agent Harnessing for an Open World
The authors propose a two-level recursive self-improvement framework to evolve and refine execution harnesses for open-world agents.
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AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Deals with capability improvement rather than safety, alignment, or guardrails.
CAPTOR: a vision-language foundation model for Chest-Abdomen-Pelvis Oncologic CT
The paper develops and evaluates a multimodal foundation model for interpreting oncologic chest, abdomen, and pelvis CT scans.
Preprint
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Focuses on clinical diagnostic representation rather than deployment safety guardrails.
Latent World Action Model for GUI Agents
The paper presents a latent world action model that predicts action-induced state transitions rather than full-screen pixel reconstructions for graphical agents.
Preprint
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Focuses on GUI action accuracy rather than safety risks.
Agentic Data Engineering for LLMs: System Design and a Controlled Empirical Study
The authors present a framework where autonomous agents iteratively refine data engineering strategies to improve model training outcomes.
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AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Studies data engineering optimization rather than safety or guardrails.
Akule: Fast and Scalable Multi-Robot Motion Planning via Sparse Interaction Diffusion
The paper introduces a sparse interaction diffusion method that coordinates multi-robot trajectories using a frozen single-robot prior and modular corrections.
Preprint
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Focuses on trajectory planning algorithms rather than AI safety guardrails.
Echo: Error-Compensated 4-Bit Tensor-Parallel Communication for LLM Training and Inference
The authors develop an error-compensated 4-bit all-reduce algorithm to reduce communication overhead during distributed model training and inference.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Deals with distributed systems performance rather than safety or reliability.
The RNN Homunculus: Learning to Gate Long-Term Memory
The paper studies gate learning in recurrent networks, showing how adding short-dependency samples helps models learn long-range temporal connections.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Focuses on recurrent architecture training rather than safety guardrails.
GeoFix: Geometry Fixing for 4D Consistent Generation
The authors introduce a framework that uses cross-view depth consistency as a single reward to improve 4D video generation geometry.
Preprint
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Concerns visual geometry consistency rather than deployment safety risks.
Controllable Diverse Sampling through Pullback Directions
The paper proposes a training-free method leveraging pullback directions to increase sample diversity in conditional diffusion generation.
Preprint
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Focuses on sample diversity rather than deployment safety or guardrails.
RUBATO: Decoupled Clocks Allow Full-Duplex Models to Think as Fast as They Can
The authors propose decoupled positional encodings enabling full-duplex speech models to run internal thinking streams at hardware-adaptive speeds.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Focuses on speech model streaming latency rather than safety.
ConicFlow: constrained Inference-time optimal control for flow matching models
The paper introduces a receding-horizon optimal control algorithm for constrained sampling in flow matching generative models.
Preprint
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Addresses generative trajectory optimization rather than AI deployment safety.
MvFFN: Multi-view Floor plan Feed-forward Network for Unposed Wide-Baseline Panorama Layout Reconstruction
The authors present a feed-forward network that aggregates local wall predictions to reconstruct floor plans from sparse unposed panoramas.
Preprint
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Concerns floor-plan layout reconstruction, not AI deployment safety.
EV-JEPA: Elastic V-JEPA for Any Device and Cross-Device Inference
The paper presents an elastic vision architecture that dynamically reconfigures width and supports partitionable inference across heterogeneous edge devices.
Preprint
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Focuses on execution efficiency rather than safety or guardrails.
TraceSampler: Making Sampling Errors Predictable and Correctable for Accelerated Generative Sampling
The paper introduces a post-training residual correction method to predict and correct endpoint errors during low-step generative model sampling.
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AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Studies generative sampling acceleration, not safety, guardrails, or alignment.
Which Metadata Matters for LLM Tool Selection in MCP? Evidence from Controlled Factor-Level Interventions
The authors run controlled experiments showing how parameter schema differences in metadata alter language model tool selection.
Preprint
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Studies tool schema sensitivity rather than safety, red-teaming, or guardrails.
DexFLEX: Contact-Aware Foundation Controller for Command-Guided Dexterity
The authors present a foundation controller that converts motion drafts into contact-consistent joint commands for dexterous robotic hands.
Preprint
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Addresses physical grasp stability rather than software AI safety or alignment.
ACED-Bench: Evaluating How LLM Agents Acquire and Act on Causal Evidence
The paper introduces a neuro-symbolic benchmark to evaluate whether language model agents actively investigate environments and make causal decisions.
Preprint
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Focuses on causal experimentation benchmarks rather than safety, red-teaming, or guardrails.
Deep learning from a control vantage point
The paper reviews deep learning architectures and training dynamics through the lens of continuous-time nonlinear control theory.
Peer-reviewed
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Does not study safety, hallucination, prompt injection, or deployment guardrails.
Measuring the Inference Energy Efficiency of Open-Weight LLMs across Benchmarks, Reasoning Modes, and Hardware
The paper measures inference energy efficiency across 86 open-weight language models, showing large efficiency gaps among models of similar capability.
Preprint
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Focuses on hardware energy consumption rather than safety, alignment, or jailbreaks.
RealityBench: Simulated Environments to Evaluate a Vision Language Model's Ability to Document Human Physical Work
The paper presents a simulated benchmark across eleven unconstrained environments to evaluate vision-language models on documenting real-world human physical work.
Preprint
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Focuses on physical work documentation accuracy rather than deployment safety guardrails.
SAT-RL: Training Language Models for Logical Reasoning with Symbolic Solvers
The paper presents a reinforcement learning framework that trains language models to solve complex logical reasoning tasks using interactive symbolic solvers.
Preprint
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Focuses on logical reasoning accuracy rather than deployment safety or jailbreaks.
Memory Without Curation: Learning Multi-Stream Latent Memory for Robot Policies
The paper proposes an uncurated multi-stream latent memory framework that augments vision-language-action robotic policies while maintaining low inference latency.
Preprint
AI safety and reliability in deployment
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Does not focus on safety guardrails, jailbreaks, or alignment monitoring.
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