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Semantic-Spatial Agreement Verification for Mitigating Object Hallucination in Multimodal Large Language Models

arXiv:2609.17269v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Multimodal large language models generate natural-language responses from visual inputs, yet may mention objects absent from an image. In medication ass

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Shielded Analysis: Certification and Characterization of Defensibility in Systems under Adversarial Interaction

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arXiv:2606.13621v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Formal safety analysis determines whether a system admits a safe defense; adaptive evaluation characterizes the operating quality sustained under ad

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SlotDiT: Object-Centric Representations for Diffusion Transformers

arXiv:2609.17414v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Text-conditioned latent diffusion models perform strongly in video generation and are promising backbones for robotic applications. However, existing ap

Smarter by the Moment: Environment-Driven Dynamic Policies for Continual LLM Improvement

arXiv:2609.16800v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Large Language Models (LLMs) have achieved remarkable progress across diverse domains, but continual adaptation to evolving tasks and environments remai

Splitting the Difference: Interpretable Causal Forests for Treatment Effect Heterogeneity and Bias

arXiv:2609.16971v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: In various fields, such as medicine and marketing, accurately predicting individual treatment effects holds significant promise. However, achieving re

Spurious Tool Use: When RL Agents Learn the Wrong Reason to Act

arXiv:2609.16268v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Large language model (LLM) agents increasingly interleave natural language reasoning with external tools such as web search and code execution. These to

Stable by Construction: Variational Latent Markov Operators for Long-Horizon PDE Prediction

arXiv:2609.16621v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Neural PDE solvers provide efficient surrogates for time-dependent physical systems, but autoregressive prediction over long horizons remains challengin

SWIM: Vision-Language-Grounded Soft Whole-Body Interactive Manipulation

arXiv:2609.17035v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Soft and continuum robots enable manipulation through distributed body deformation and contact, yet translating language and visual context into executa

TARC: Time-Adaptive Robotic Control

arXiv:2510.23176v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Most robotic systems rely on fixed-frequency discrete-time controllers, creating a trade-off between the efficiency of low-frequency control a

TecoPrompt: Temporal-Conservative Prompt Learning for Vision-Language Models

arXiv:2609.16858v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Prompt learning adapts vision-language models, such as CLIP, by adjusting a small set of context tokens. However, under few-shot supervision, even moder

The essay below from Aaronson is just unmoored from reality, sorry. It is just not true, if you try to approach the question in a data-orien…

The essay below from Aaronson is just unmoored from reality, sorry. It is just not true, if you try to approach the question in a data-oriented fashion, rather than via vibes and speculative fiction a

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The MAL Simulator: Cyber Operations Simulation based on Attack & Defense Graphs

arXiv:2609.16563v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We have developed the MAL Simulator, a cyber operation simulator based on the Meta Attack Language (MAL). The MAL Simulator is intended for decision-d

The record is part of the task: matched-record evaluation of text classifiers across maintenance, safety and recall reporting

arXiv:2609.16267v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Many operational cases are documented more than once, at different workflow stages and for different purposes, yet model evaluations normally select o

ThinkFlow: Self-Evolving Probabilistic Latent Memory for Lifelong Conversational Agents

arXiv:2609.17010v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Lifelong conversational agents rely on memory systems to maintain deep, context-aware interactions with users. However, existing explicit textual memory

Toward Governance-Aware Autonomous GIS: A Narrative Review of Ethical and Privacy Risks in LLM-Enabled GeoAI

arXiv:2609.16232v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Geospatial artificial intelligence (GeoAI) powered by large language models (LLMs) is expanding the capacity to query, generate, and interpret spatial i

Towards Scalable RLVR: Multimodal Instruction Following Data Synthesis and Distillation

arXiv:2609.16059v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Multimodal instruction following (MMIF) is crucial for building generalist agents. However, current training paradigms rely heavily on Supervised Fine-T

Towards Surrogate Based Dequantization of Quantum Reinforcement Learning

arXiv:2609.16266v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: In recent years, the utility of parameterized quantum circuits as function approximators has been widely studied. In the context of reinforcement lear

TrafficGamer: Reliable and Flexible Traffic Simulation for Safety-Critical Scenarios with Game-Theoretic Oracles

arXiv:2408.15538v4 Announce Type: replace Abstract: While modern Autonomous Vehicle (AV) systems can develop reliable driving policies under regular traffic conditions, they frequently struggle with s

Turn-level Multiscale Density Ratio Estimation for LLM Agents

arXiv:2609.16760v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: With the rapid development of Large language model (LLM), agent systems enhanced by LLMs show huge potential in being able to deal with complex tasks, e

Type-IV Code Clone Detection via Layer-Wise Non-Contrastive Representation Learning

arXiv:2609.17338v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Software clones are fragments of code that are similar or functionally equivalent to each other. They pose significant challenges for maintenance, ref

UniDex-ViTac: Learning Unified Visuo-Tactile Dexterous Manipulation Policy from Human Video Data

arXiv:2609.16504v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Human videos provide demonstrations of dexterous manipulation but lack robot-executable actions and tactile measurements. We present UniDex-ViTac, a fra

Unlocking Zero-shot Potential of Semi-dense Image Matching via Gaussian Splatting

arXiv:2511.21265v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Learning-based image matching critically depends on large-scale, diverse, and geometrically accurate training data. 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) ena

Unsafe by Reciprocity: How Generation-Understanding Coupling Undermines Safety in Unified Multimodal Models

arXiv:2603.27332v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Recent advances in Large Language Models (LLMs) and Text-to-Image (T2I) models have led to the emergence of Unified Multimodal Models (UMMs), where

Waggle Dance Inspired Motion Communication for Multiple UAVs in MuJoCo

arXiv:2609.16958v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The honeybee waggle dance motivates a communication mechanism in which one agent's movement conveys spatial information that guides other agents' action

Weave: Learning Whole-Body Dexterous Loco-Manipulation from Human-Object Interactions

arXiv:2609.16683v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Learning humanoid-object interaction requires coordinating whole-body balance, locomotion, and dexterous hand contact to control both robot and object

We're sharing our new framework for tracking, investigating, and disclosing instances of model misalignment at OpenAI. The framework sets cr…

We're sharing our new framework for tracking, investigating, and disclosing instances of model misalignment at OpenAI. The framework sets criteria and timelines for public disclosure, including when w

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What Does Layer-Importance Reveal About Transformers and State-Space Models?

arXiv:2609.16537v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Transformers and state-space models (SSMs) are the two dominant families of sequence models, and a central open question is how far the analytical kno

When majority rules, minority loses: bias amplification of gradient descent

arXiv:2505.13122v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Despite growing empirical evidence of bias amplification in machine learning, its theoretical foundations remain poorly understood. We develop

Where Should the KV Cache Live? Placement Policies Across GPU, CPU, and SSD for Long-Lived Sessions

arXiv:2609.16215v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: GPU high bandwidth memory is scarce and expensive, and KV caches consume much of it as chats, agent loops, and document question answering accumulate st

World-Action Models for Robot Learning and Control: A Survey

arXiv:2609.16074v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Robots operating in open environments act under partial observability, physical constraints, and dynamic task contexts. Beyond mapping observations an

XPACE: Joint World and Action Modeling from Heterogeneous Experience

arXiv:2609.17372v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: A general-purpose robot needs to draw on diverse experience, choose actions, and anticipate how those actions will change the world. We introduce XPACE,

A Language-Guided Multimodal Foundation Model for Zero-Shot and Multi-Task Brain Signal Analysis

arXiv:2609.15740v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Brain signal analysis is essential for both neuroscience research and clinical diagnostics, yet current approaches face critical limitations. End-to-e

A Machine Learning Framework for Fault Detection, Isolation, and Severity Prediction of Autonomous VTOL Aircraft

arXiv:2609.14180v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Fault detection in autonomous VTOL aircraft is critical because even minor component degradations can rapidly destabilize multirotor vehicles operating

A Multi-Stage Agentic Framework for Effective Counter-Narrative Generation and Refinement

arXiv:2609.14178v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The rapid diffusion of hate speech and misinformation on social networks challenges democratic societies, since direct suppression efforts may deepen po

A note on goal-based hierarchical RL

arXiv:2609.14605v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The agent-centric general value function (ACGVF) construction of itet{tasse2026goal} lets the agent make two decisions that are normally imposed by the

A Responsive Present, a Shared Past, a Social Other: Teens' Overreliance on Companion AI Chatbots

arXiv:2609.14843v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: AI companions provide socially engaging interaction through availability, personalization, memory, roleplay, and emotionally responsive language. For

A Unified Vision-Language Model for PSMA PET/CT Report Generation, Visual Question Answering, and Lesion Segmentation

arXiv:2609.15603v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Accurate PSMA PET/CT interpretation is central to prostate cancer management, yet existing PET/CT AI models typically address isolated tasks. We propo

Accurate and Scalable Multimodal Pathology Retrieval via Attentive Vision-Language Alignment

arXiv:2510.23224v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: The rapid digitization of histopathology slides has opened new opportunities for computational tools in clinical and research workflows. Content-bas

AdaFlash: Adaptive Speculative Decoding via On-Policy Distilled Diffusion Drafters

arXiv:2607.19223v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Speculative decoding, in which a lightweight draft model first generates a draft sequence that is then verified by the target model, has becom

AdaVSkip: Adaptive Visual Token Skipping Across Layers For Efficient MLLMs Inference

arXiv:2609.15131v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Multimodal large language models (MLLMs) require substantial computation to process numerous visual tokens across all transformer layers. Most methods

AGENTQ: Quantization-Conditioned Backdoor Attacks on LLM Agents

arXiv:2609.14060v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Quantization is one of the default deployment paths for open-weight LLM agents, but it is not behavior-preserving: an adversary can release a full-pre

AI Deployment Accountability Engineering: A Vision for Accountable AI in Safety-Critical Socio-Technical Systems

arXiv:2609.14592v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Artificial intelligence systems are rapidly becoming critical components in healthcare, finance, public services, and other safety-critical domains. Yet

AI models need more data about biology, and OpenAI is paying to create it

Last year Ruxandra Teslo, a policy analyst who focuses on clinical trials, posted an idea for supercharging medical AI systems: Use data from failed biotech companies. By bidding at their bankruptcy p

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Algorithm Validation as a Policy Audit: Evidence from Race-blind Charging

arXiv:2609.13174v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: California recently required all prosecutors in the state to conduct a 'race-blind charging' decision by reviewing case documents in which selected ra

all the conspiracy theories about this guy were probably nonsense but that doesn’t mean we need take seriously everything he says.

all the conspiracy theories about this guy were probably nonsense but that doesn’t mean we need take seriously everything he says. 'I agree with President Trump's tweet that global warming doomsday sc

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An Efficient and Modular Framework for Targeted Harm Mitigation in LLMS

arXiv:2609.13624v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Large Language Models (LLMs) are powerful zero-shot learners but remain prone to misalignment with human preferences, often producing biased, toxic, o

Anthropic and OpenAI cannot become profitable unless they can reduce the ratio of training cost to inference profits. In the long run, their…

Anthropic and OpenAI cannot become profitable unless they can reduce the ratio of training cost to inference profits. In the long run, their survival may depend on outlawing competitive open source mo

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AppliedScientist: Automated Scientific Revision Through Iterative AI Reviewing

arXiv:2609.14738v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Automated reviewing systems are increasingly evaluated based on the quality of the reviews they produce. Yet a review is only useful if acting on it lea