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The AI Layoff Trap
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The AI Layoff Trap

Brett Hemenway Falk, Gerry Tsoukalas

University of Pennsylvania, Boston University

NLP
Emergent Introspective Awareness in Large Language Models
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Emergent Introspective Awareness in Large Language Models

Jack Lindsey

Anthropic

Computer Vision
DFlash: Block Diffusion for Flash Speculative Decoding
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DFlash: Block Diffusion for Flash Speculative Decoding

Z Lab, UC San Diego

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Reasoning
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GLM-5.3: Frontier Coding with Emergent Cyber Capabilities

Z.ai

Z.ai

Small-Scale Experiments: Are We There Yet?
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Small-Scale Experiments: Are We There Yet?

Nicholas Lourie, Kyunghyun Cho, Karen Ullrich

† † affiliation: FAIR at MSL Meta, † † affiliation: New York University

Machine Learning
Training AI Scientists to Replicate Research
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Training AI Scientists to Replicate Research

Damon Falck, Samer Sabri, Anja Surina

Training AI Scientists to Replicate Research

Reinforcement Learning
Latent On-Policy Self-Distillation
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Latent On-Policy Self-Distillation

Guibin Zhang, Jiayang Lyu, Ran Sun

National University of Singapore Beijing University of Posts

Reinforcement Learning
AutoDesign: Meta-Harness Optimization for Long-Horizon Agentic Design
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AutoDesign: Meta-Harness Optimization for Long-Horizon Agentic Design

Yaxin Luo, Haobin Jiang, Jialv Zou

Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Peking University, Tsinghua University, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Computer Vision
DreamX-Phi 1.0: Action-Conditioned Video World Model for Robotic Manipulation
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DreamX-Phi 1.0: Action-Conditioned Video World Model for Robotic Manipulation

DreamX Team, Rui Chen, Xiangxiang Chu

HuggingFace Daily Papers

Reasoning
Apodex Discovery: Reality Benchmarks and Environments for Evaluating and Building Discoverative Artificial Intelligence
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Apodex Discovery: Reality Benchmarks and Environments for Evaluating and Building Discoverative Artificial Intelligence

Brian Wang, Bin Feng, Xiaoman Pan, Chenyang An, Felix Liu

Apodex

Machine Learning
DFM Mimir v1: An Open HRM Delivering Frontier Performance at 1B Parameters Using Only Permissible Post-Training Data
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DFM Mimir v1: An Open HRM Delivering Frontier Performance at 1B Parameters Using Only Permissible Post-Training Data

Peter Schneider-Kamp, Jacob Nielsen, Gianluca Barmina, Kenneth Enevoldsen, Lukas Galke Poech

University of Southern Denmark (SDU)

NLP
Modular Cognitive Architecture Emerges in Large Language Models
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Modular Cognitive Architecture Emerges in Large Language Models

Pengrui Han, Jacob Andreas, Evelina Fedorenko, Andrea Gregor de Varda

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

NLP
Nanbeige4.2-3B on Apple Silicon: Fixing Deployment Bugs and Decreasing Looped Transformer Memory Overhead
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Nanbeige4.2-3B on Apple Silicon: Fixing Deployment Bugs and Decreasing Looped Transformer Memory Overhead

John T. Halloran

Reasoning
Amplified Does Not Mean Predictive: Reasoning Behaviors in Thinking Models
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Amplified Does Not Mean Predictive: Reasoning Behaviors in Thinking Models

Jean de Dieu Nyandwi, Leena Mathur, Yonatan Bisk, Robert Hawkins, Graham Neubig

Carnegie Mellon University

Retrieval
Who Speaks Matters: Authority-Aware Multi-View RAG over Italian Parliamentary Proceedings
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Who Speaks Matters: Authority-Aware Multi-View RAG over Italian Parliamentary Proceedings

Mirko Tritella, Riccardo Pozzi, Matteo Palmonari

University of Milan Bicocca