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June 2026

2731 articles

arXiv cs.AI·

MA-DLE: Speech-based Automatic Depression Level Estimation via Memory Augmentation

MA-DLE introduces a memory augmentation method for automatic depression level estimation from speech. The system enhances GRU-extracted features using a selective memory bank (historical temporal features + dynamic memory features based on variability) and a Hierarchical Attention Fusion module. Evaluated on DAIC-WOZ and E-DAIC datasets, it achieves state-of-the-art performance.

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arXiv cs.AI·

PoQ-Judge: A Multi-Architecture Evaluation Framework for Cost-Aware Proof-of-Quality in Decentralized LLM Inference

PoQ-Judge is a lightweight, reference-free evaluation framework for decentralized LLM inference networks. Three architectures (TextCNN, MiniLM cross-encoder, DeBERTa) are compared on the quality-cost tradeoff. The best model reaches 0.747 Pearson correlation with ground-truth, outperforming reference-based evaluators. Cascade evaluation reduces costs by 72.7% with minimal quality loss.

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arXiv cs.CL·

The Structural Attention Tax: How Retrieval Format Hijacks In-Context Learning Independent of Content

RAG systems suffer from a structural bias: knowledge graph triples capture 2-3x more attention per token than semantically equivalent natural language, compressing demonstration attention by up to 42%, regardless of relevance. Authors formalise this 'structural attention tax' and propose five mitigation strategies, validated on Mistral-7B and LLaMA-3-8B.

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arXiv cs.CL·

ProcessThinker: Enhancing Multi-modal Large Language Models Reasoning via Rollout-based Process Reward

ProcessThinker enhances multimodal reasoning by providing step-level process rewards without training an explicit process reward model. The method rewrites reasoning traces, applies GRPO with rollout-based rewards (empirical success rate), and improves Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct across four video benchmarks (Video-MMMU, MMVU, VideoMathQA, LongVideoBench).

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arXiv cs.CL·

LatticeBridge: Rare-Event Sequential Inference for Faithful Structured Sequence Synthesis

LatticeBridge addresses constrained structured sequence generation as rare-event sequential inference. The system combines a compact prefix language model, instance-compiled surface automata, and a twisted SMC decoder with resampling. On 2,610 tasks (CommonGen, E2E NLG, WikiBio), it improves exact anchor satisfaction and mean anchor coverage over greedy/beam/best-of-k baselines.

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arXiv cs.AI·

From Architecture to Output: Structural Origins of Hallucination in Large Language Models and the Amplifying Role of Data

arXiv paper analyzing LLM hallucinations as structural consequence of three architectural decisions: self-attention confuses entities via co-occurrence learning, MLE objective optimizes probability without factual constraint, autoregressive decoding cascades errors without revision. Dataset pathologies amplify but do not independently cause these failures.

ReasoningAlignmentPapers
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arXiv cs.CL·

BioDivergence: A Benchmark and Evaluation Framework for Hidden Contextual Contradictions in Biomedical Abstracts

BioDivergence is a benchmark and evaluation framework for hidden contextual contradictions in biomedical abstracts. It proposes a six-class conflict taxonomy, a 13-axis divergence ontology, and four structured outputs per claim pair. The silver benchmark contains 11,865 claim pairs across five biomedical domains. Mistral-7B-Instruct-v0.3 achieves 0.5523 accuracy and 0.3894 contextual-F1.

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arXiv cs.AI·

Architecture-Aware Reinforcement Learning Makes Sliding-Window Attention Competitive in Math Reasoning

SWARR combines sliding-window attention (SWA) with reinforcement learning for mathematical reasoning. After supervised conversion of a pretrained SA model, RL adapts self-generated trajectories to SWA constraints, narrowing the performance gap while preserving linear-complexity attention. Experiments on mathematical reasoning benchmarks.

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arXiv cs.AI·

INFRAMIND: Infrastructure-Aware Multi-Agent Orchestration

INFRAMIND is a framework for multi-agent orchestration that integrates real-time infrastructure state (GPU queue depths, KV-cache pressure, latencies). Via adaptive planning, per-step routing, and intelligent scheduling, it optimizes model selection and topologies under concurrent load. Results: +7.6pp accuracy gain at low load, 7x lower latency, 99.9% SLO compliance under high load.

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arXiv cs.AI·

Skill-Augmented AI Agents for Medical Research Analysis: An Exploratory Multi-Model Human Evaluation in an NSCLC Transcriptomic Biomarker Task

Exploratory study comparing AI agents with autonomous access to medical research skills versus native models on NSCLC transcriptomic biomarker analysis. Six model backbones tested, 21 outputs evaluated by experts and non-experts. Skill-augmented outputs show directional quality improvement (5.50 vs 5.11) but not statistically significant (p=0.156). Expert agreement limited (ICC=-0.15).

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arXiv cs.LG·

Restless bandits with imperfect binary feedback: PCL-indexability analysis and computation

Study of restless bandits with binary latent states and imperfect binary feedback, motivated by opportunistic spectrum access. Development of a partial conservation laws (PCL)-based analytical framework to establish indexability and compute the Whittle index. Full verification achieved in several threshold regimes with efficient numerical schemes for remaining cases.

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arXiv cs.LG·

OmniLoc: A Geometry-Aware Foundation Model for Anchor-Free UE Localization Across Diverse Indoor Environments

OmniLoc is a foundation model for anchor-free indoor localization from wireless measurements. It features unified input tokenization, geometry-aware Transformer with AP-aware feature extraction, and geometry-conditioned location estimation. Evaluated on large-scale in-house and public benchmark datasets, it outperforms existing methods with strong cross-environment generalization.

PapersBenchmarksReasoning
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arXiv cs.CL·

NightFeats @ MMU-RAGent NeurIPS 2025: A Context-Optimized Multi-Agent RAG System for the Text-to-Text Track

NightFeats, a structured multi-agent RAG system, wins Best Dynamic Evaluation at NeurIPS 2025 (text-to-text track). The pipeline decomposes knowledge synthesis into three phases: retrieval, curation, composition, with temporal-semantic reranking and contradiction reconciliation. Outperforms Claude-SonnetV2 and Nova-Pro on human evaluations.

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arXiv cs.CL·

PoQ-Judge: A Multi-Architecture Evaluation Framework for Cost-Aware Proof-of-Quality in Decentralized LLM Inference

PoQ-Judge is a reference-free evaluation framework for decentralized LLM inference networks. Three architectures (TextCNN, MiniLM, DeBERTa) are trained on UltraFeedback plus GPT-labeled in-domain data. The best model achieves 0.747 Pearson correlation with ground-truth, outperforming reference-based evaluators. Cascade evaluation reduces costs by 72.7% with modest quality loss.

EvalsReasoningInfrastructure
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arXiv cs.LG·

Energy-Conserved Neural Pipelines: Attenuating Error Propagation in Modular Neural Networks via Physical Conservation Constraints

Researchers propose enforcing energy conservation as a hard physical constraint in modular neural network pipelines to mitigate error propagation across module boundaries. On CIFAR-10, this approach retains 77.4% accuracy at sigma=0.2 versus 35.1% for baselines. The advantage generalizes to robotic systems (Franka Panda, MuJoCo) with +18.9 pp gain.

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arXiv cs.LG·

SwiftCTS: Fast Cross-Design Prediction and Pareto Optimization of Clock Tree Metrics via Few-Shot Calibration

SwiftCTS is a physics-informed surrogate framework for Clock Tree Synthesis. Trained in under 5 seconds on CPU with sub-millisecond inference, it uses K-shot multiplicative calibration to adapt predictions to unseen architectures without retraining. Evaluates 100,000 CTS configurations in 10 seconds with <0.5% errors on power and wirelength.

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arXiv cs.LG·

Recursive Binding on a Budget: Subspace Carving in Order-p Tensor Memories

OSC (Orthogonal Subspace Carving) resolves the trade-off between Tensor Product Representations (exponential growth) and Vector Symbolic Architectures (noisy compression). By projecting onto the null space of the role basis before aggregating into fixed order-p tensors, OSC decouples tensor order from structural depth, enabling deep recursive binding with constant memory footprint.

ReasoningPapers
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arXiv cs.LG·

Seeing Before Colliding: Anticipatory Safe RL with Frozen Vision-Language Models

VLM-Safe-RL integrates a frozen vision-language model into constrained-RL optimization to anticipate collisions before they occur. On Safety-Gymnasium FormulaOne L2, VLMPPOLag+Conf maintains cost within budget (d_lim=25) while retaining substantial return (Jr≈40), outperforming PPOLag, CPO, CPPOPID, and CPO-CLG. Partial generalization to MetaDrive (41%→26% catastrophe rate).

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arXiv cs.LG·

Mirror Descent Beyond Euclidean Stability: An Exponential Separation in Initialization Sensitivity

Mirror Descent with non-quadratic regularizers exhibits exponential sensitivity to initialization, unlike Gradient Descent. On smooth convex objectives with KL regularizers, initial ε perturbations amplify to min{polylog⁻¹(1/ε), εe^Ω(ηT)} after T iterations. Adding Bregman regularization toward an anchor point stabilizes dynamics.

Reinforcement learningReasoningPapers
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arXiv cs.CL·

SOMA-SQL: Resolving Multi-Source Ambiguity in NL-to-SQL via Synthetic Log and Execution Probing

SOMA-SQL resolves multi-source ambiguity in NL-to-SQL translation via synthetic query logs and execution probing. The method constructs synthetic logs to ground schema interpretation, generates SQL candidates, then executes targeted probing queries driven by an ambiguity taxonomy. Results: +13.0% execution accuracy on average across 6 benchmarks, up to +16.7% on ambiguous questions.

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arXiv cs.AI·

The Art of Interrogation: Consistency Amplifies Factuality in Spatial Reasoning

Large Reasoning Models (LRMs) underperform on spatial reasoning tasks. Instead of supervised fine-tuning, authors propose a self-supervised RL framework using consistency verifiers (geometric and semantic transformations). They introduce OT-GRPO, an optimal transport-based variant of GRPO, achieving supervised-model performance without ground-truth labels.

ReasoningReinforcement learningPapers
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arXiv cs.AI·

Knowing When to Ask: Self-Gated Clarification for Hierarchical Language Agents

ACTION-RATING embeds clarification requests directly in the agent's action space, competing with navigation at every decision point. On Harmonized Tariff Schedule classification (30k-node taxonomy, 9 LLMs), two information-seeking modes emerge: mandatory (no viable branch) and opportunistic (residual uncertainty). Information-Seeking Effectiveness rises from 50% to 74%.

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arXiv cs.LG·

ProHiFlo: Hierarchical Flow Matching with Functional Guidance for De Novo Protein Generation

ProHiFlo is a hierarchical flow matching framework for de novo protein generation. It combines coarse-to-fine generation (backbone then atoms), functional guidance via pretrained predictors, and SE(3)-equivariant architecture. On enzyme active site scaffolding, ProHiFlo achieves 58.9% success rate vs 41.2% for RFDiffusion, with 4× fewer sampling steps.

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arXiv cs.AI·

Embodied-BenchClaw: An Autonomous Multi-Agent System for Embodied Spatial Intelligence Benchmark Construction

Embodied-BenchClaw is an autonomous multi-agent system for constructing embodied spatial intelligence benchmarks. Through a 5-stage pipeline (intent, data collection, structuring, synthesis, reporting) coordinated by 3 agents, it automatically generates reusable and maintainable benchmarks covering indoor/outdoor spatial reasoning, robotic manipulation, quadruped navigation, and aerial-view understanding.

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arXiv cs.LG·

Physics-informed generative AI for semiconductor manufacturing: Enforcing hard physical constraints in generative models by construction

Perspective paper on integrating hard physical constraints into generative models for semiconductor manufacturing. Argues generative AI must be physics-informed by construction rather than corrected post-hoc. Surveys physics-informed diffusion, PDE-constrained variational models, neural-operator priors, and conservation-law-respecting networks.

PapersReasoning
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arXiv cs.LG·

APEX: A Network-Native Time-Series Foundation Model for Forecasting and Anomaly Detection for Wireless Edge Operations

APEX is a transformer foundation model specialized for wireless network telemetry. Pre-trained on 10-channel multivariate data from ~4,500 production networks (100K time series), it reduces MAE by 18% vs Toto and 38% vs SARIMA on 192-step DHCP forecasting. Two versions: APEX-Large (269M, cloud) and APEX-Edge (10.5M, edge) with F1=0.93 for anomaly detection.

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arXiv cs.LG·

LSTM-Based Detection of Structural Breaks in Property Insurance Loss Reserving: A Climate-Informed Approach

arXiv paper testing LSTM neural networks to detect structural breaks in property insurance loss reserves amid climate-driven catastrophes. Using 15+ years of regulatory data (Florida, Louisiana) enriched with NOAA hurricane indices, LSTMs target 15-20% accuracy improvement over Chain Ladder/Bornhuetter Ferguson methods. Probabilistic theoretical framework provided.

PapersReasoning
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Reddit r/LocalLLaMA·

I wired a fully offline voice loop to Ollama + LM Studio — 100% CPU, no GPU, nothing leaves your machine (Silero VAD + Parakeet STT + Supertonic TTS 3)

Developer builds fully offline voice loop for Ollama + LM Studio. Stack: Silero VAD (voice activity detection), Parakeet TDT 0.6B (ONNX INT8 STT, 25 languages), Supertonic TTS 3 (multilingual ONNX synthesis). CPU-only, zero data leaves machine. Cross-platform (macOS/Linux/Windows), tested on 4-year-old ThinkPad.

VoiceOpen sourceTools
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