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Proving and Improving the Platonic Representation Hypothesis with JEPAs
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Proving and Improving the Platonic Representation Hypothesis with JEPAs

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Affiliation: Brown University, Affiliation: New York University, Brown University, New York University

Machine Learning
Training Foundation Models with a Single Algorithm
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Training Foundation Models with a Single Algorithm

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Training Foundation Models with a Single Algorithm, Carnegie Mellon University, Johns Hopkins University

Machine Learning
Training language models in simulation for psychiatric intake
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Training language models in simulation for psychiatric intake

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Affiliation: Google DeepMind, Affiliation: Google Research, Affiliation: Google for Health, Affiliation: Stanford University, Affiliation: University of California, Los Angeles

Computer Vision
Probing Spatial State Representations in Visual Foundation Models
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Probing Spatial State Representations in Visual Foundation Models

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New York University, Nanyang Technological University, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Keywords]visual foundation models, spatial state

NLP
Read, Allocate, Route: Role-Coupled Tokenization for Pixel-Space Generative Transformers
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Read, Allocate, Route: Role-Coupled Tokenization for Pixel-Space Generative Transformers

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Peking University, Nanyang Technological University

NLP
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P-R1: Reinforcement Learning for Large Language Model Guided Multi-Modal Motion Planning via MIP Code Generation
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M 3 3 P-R1: Reinforcement Learning for Large Language Model Guided Multi-Modal Motion Planning via MIP Code Generation

Affiliation: Purdue University, Purdue University

HuggingFace Daily Papers

Machine Learning
Training Foundation Models with a Single Algorithm
HuggingFace
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Training Foundation Models with a Single Algorithm

Yuda Song, Alvin Zhang, Fahim Tajwar, Daman Arora, Jeff Schneider

Carnegie Mellon University

Reinforcement Learning
Matched Capabilities, Different Behaviors: A Controlled Study of MCP and CLI Interfaces for Language Agents
HuggingFace
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Matched Capabilities, Different Behaviors: A Controlled Study of MCP and CLI Interfaces for Language Agents

Zhenning Shi, Liang Pang, Yongqi Li

ModalityDance

NLP
Broken on Arrival: Non-Functional Quantized LLM Artifacts in Public Model Registries and How to Catch Them
HuggingFace
5

Broken on Arrival: Non-Functional Quantized LLM Artifacts in Public Model Registries and How to Catch Them

Aditi Patodiya

NLP
EPSBench: Benchmarking LLM Agents for Earnings Forecasting
HuggingFace
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EPSBench: Benchmarking LLM Agents for Earnings Forecasting

Yanbin Yin, Chuyu Xu, Liqin Ye, Jing Peng, Chao Zhang

Georgia Institute of Technology

Reinforcement Learning
Weaken to Strengthen: Weakening-Induced On-Policy Self-Distillation for Large Reasoning Models
HuggingFace
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Weaken to Strengthen: Weakening-Induced On-Policy Self-Distillation for Large Reasoning Models

Yecheng Wu, Song Han, Han Cai

Jet-AI

Computer Vision
Unlocking Any-Order Generation in Pretrained Autoregressive Image Models
HuggingFace
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Unlocking Any-Order Generation in Pretrained Autoregressive Image Models

Rishav Pramanik, Marco Pedersoli, Zhaozheng Yin

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