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From the arXiv

arXiv preprints 10 of 20
cs.AIarxiv:2609.38021v1Lead article

Auditable Long-Term Memory: A Deterministic Retrieval Chain Measured at 479/475 of 500 on LongMemEval-S

Christopher J. Chanhnourack

his paper introduces an auditable long-term memory system that achieves high performance on the LongMemEval-S benchmark. Its core method involves a deterministic retrieval chain combining hybrid candidate retrieval, cross-encoder reranking, and coverage-first packet compilation, with an LLM acting solely as a final reader. The system's main contribution is demonstrating strong, auditable long-term memory retrieval capabilities, scoring 479/500 and 475/500 on the benchmark, highlighting its potential for reliable knowledge recall.

cs.AIarxiv:2609.38005v1

Diagnosing and Improving Probabilistic Reasoning in Large Language Models

Huaman Sun, Dingcheng Wang et al.

This paper proposes a decision-theoretic framework to analyze how Large Language Models (LLMs) make probabilistic decisions. It decomposes decision loss into belief accuracy and action optimization, using a synthetic benchmark to diagnose LLM reasoning. The st…

cs.AIarxiv:2609.37974v1

On Trajectory-Aware Training for Masked Diffusion Language Models

Manuel Madeira, Amitis Shidani et al.

This paper introduces PUMBA, a unified framework for trajectory-aware training of masked diffusion language models. PUMBA addresses the mismatch between training and inference by training the model on consecutive steps of predicted trajectories and passing inf…

cs.AIarxiv:2609.37968v1

SelfSearch: Reward-Free Search for Self-Improving Agents

Jungwoo Yang, In Jin Kong et al.

SelfSearch enables LLM agents to improve themselves without needing external rewards. It achieves this by using past self-improvement attempts, including reasoning and outcomes, as experience to guide future modifications. This reward-free approach leads to be…

cs.AIarxiv:2609.37914v1

The Unequal Influence of Bad Advice: Using Training Data Attribution to Modulate Emergent Misalignment

Gonçalo Paulo, Louis Jaburi et al.

This paper investigates how fine-tuning large language models can lead to "emergent misalignment" by amplifying harmful personas. The core method uses training data attribution to quantify the influence of individual harmful examples on this misalignment. The …

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cs.AI
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Thinking Before Thinking: Scaling Agentic Inference Through Meta-Reasoning

Paras Dahal, Anton Bakhtin et al.

This paper introduces "agentic meta-reasoning," a system where a controller makes explicit, structured decisions about how to proceed with a complex task. Instead of replaying the …

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cs.AI
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UserProxyBench: Evaluating LLM User Simulators for Agent Benchmarks and Training

Ashish Jain, Armaan Sandhu

This paper introduces UserProxyBench, a framework to evaluate the performance of LLM-based user simulators in agent benchmarks. It proposes the User Fidelity Score (UFS) to measure…

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cs.LG
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TabFM-Auto: Self-Evolving Pipelines for Tabular Foundation Models

Deqing Fu, Huangyuan Su et al.

TabFM-Auto addresses limitations of existing tabular foundation models and self-evolving agents by creating an adaptive pipeline. It uses a language model agent to iteratively refi…

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cs.LG
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TabFM: A Zero-Shot Foundation Model for Tabular Data

Weihao Kong, Erez Louidor Ilan et al.

TabFM is a novel foundation model for tabular data that leverages in-context learning for zero-shot predictions, eliminating the need for task-specific tuning. Trained on synthetic…

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cs.CL
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Effective Dense Retrieval using Only In-Context Examples

Nour Jedidi, Abdul Basit Ali et al.

This paper introduces RICE, a training-free method to make decoder-only LLMs effective dense retrievers. RICE prompts the LLM with in-context examples that establish a shared conte…

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