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From the arXiv

arXiv preprints 10 of 20
cs.AIarxiv:2610.03509v1Lead article

Efficient Reasoning Training Does Not Always Harm CoT Faithfulness and Monitorability

Samuel Lewis-Lim, Xingwei Tan, Mario Sanger, Zhixue Zhao, Nikolaos Aletras

his paper investigates whether efficient Chain-of-Thought (CoT) training harms faithfulness and monitorability in large language models. The authors fine-tune models using three distinct length-pressure methods and evaluate their impact on how well the CoT reflects the model's decision-making process. Their contribution lies in demonstrating that efficient reasoning training does not *always* negatively affect CoT faithfulness, depending on the specific efficiency method and task.

Efficient reasoning training reduces CoT faithfulness but largely preserves monitorability. (1) We train models with three methods that reward CoT length differently. (2) Then we measure whether the CoT predicts the model’s answers on related inputs (faithfulness) and whether it reveals when an intervention influenced the answer (monitorability). (3) In this example, a ∼ \( \sim \) 70% shorter CoT loses faithfulness due to output inconsistency, while monitorability is unchanged.
Efficient reasoning training reduces CoT faithfulness but largely preserves monitorability. (1) We train models with three methods that reward CoT length differently. (2) Then we measure whether the CoT predicts the model’s answers on related inputs (faithfulness) and whether it …
cs.AIarxiv:2610.03675v1

FrugalEvo: Towards Cost-Aware LLM-Guided Program Evolution

Hui Chen, Xuan Qi et al.

FrugalEvo introduces a cost-aware evolutionary framework for LLM-guided program optimization. It leverages a two-tiered LLM approach, with a powerful LLM guiding strategy and a cheaper LLM implementing and refining code, to maximize performance gain per unit c…

cs.AIarxiv:2610.03591v1

HazardWeaver: Scientific Route Selection for Hazard Analysis Agents

Wangshu Zhu, Xueqi Cheng et al.

HazardWeaver addresses the challenge of AI agents selecting appropriate scientific methods for hazard analysis by formulating it as state-dependent route selection. Its core method involves compiling evidence-linked conditions for scientific applicability and …

Global coverage of HWB.
Global coverage of HWB.
Example question and evidence route from HyperBrowseComp . Solving it requires locating a specific moment in a video, grounding the scene to a real-world location, and retrieving information from a financial report.
Example question and evidence route from HyperBrowseComp . Solving it requires locating a specific moment in a video, grounding the scene to a real-world location, and retrieving information from a fi…
cs.AIarxiv:2610.03574v1

HyperBrowseComp: A Multilingual and Multimodal Stress Test for Web-Browsing Agents

Alham Fikri Aji, Faiz Rizki Ramadhan et al.

HyperBrowseComp is a new benchmark designed to rigorously test web-browsing agents. Its core method involves creating extremely challenging, multilingual, and multimodal questions that require agents to locate obscure information, follow complex clue chains, a…

cs.AIarxiv:2610.03476v1

MobiAgent: Dual-Loop Recursive Policy Self-Improvement for Long-Horizon Mobile Manipulation

Chenzhi Liu, Yue Zhang et al.

MobiAgent tackles long-horizon mobile manipulation by introducing a dual-loop framework for robust deployment and continuous self-improvement. The Inner Loop uses a Vision-Language Model to dynamically compose atomic skills for receding-horizon planning and er…

Overview of MobiAgent. MobiAgent solves a long-horizon picking_up_trash task by interleaving dynamic planning, skill-conditioned execution, and critic-guided recovery. The rollout trace illustrates a failed placement where the can drops outside the trash. In response, MobiAgent triggers replanning, guiding the robot to approach the displaced can, re-grasp it, and complete the task. This behavior is driven by our dual-loop framework (bottom left), which couples an online Inner Loop executing atomic skills with an offline Outer Loop that autonomously curates data for continuous policy evolution. The bottom right shows real-robot deployment on paper, bottle, and can disposal, as well as pouring blue particles into a cup.
Overview of MobiAgent. MobiAgent solves a long-horizon picking_up_trash task by interleaving dynamic planning, skill-conditioned execution, and critic-guided recovery. The rollout trace illustrates a …
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NeutronGym: Physics-Graded Neutron Instrument Design for LLM Agents

Lijie Ding, Changwoo Do

NeutronGym is a novel, executable environment designed to test whether Large Language Models (LLMs) can truly perform physics-based design rather than just recall information. It a…

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IDRF: Inverse-Distilled Reward Fine-tuning of Masked Discrete Diffusion Models

Vladislav Gromadskii, David Li et al.

This paper introduces IDRF, a framework for efficiently fine-tuning masked discrete diffusion models with rewards. IDRF replaces computationally expensive sequence-level KL diverge…

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UniIntervene++: An Adaptive Intervention Agent for Efficient Real-World Reinforcement Learning

Yudong Lin, Haoyuan Deng et al.

UniIntervene++ introduces an adaptive intervention agent for online reinforcement learning in robots. It learns to dynamically switch between autonomous execution and various assis…

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CLIMB: Confidence-Guided Complementary Evidence for Multimodal Retrieval-Augmented Generation

Hang Gao, Wujiang Xu et al.

CLIMB is a training-free framework for multimodal retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) that improves knowledge-intensive visual question answering. It first creates a diverse pool …

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Passing the Test You Trained On: Re-evaluating Prompt-Injection Detectors for LLM Agents

Zhuowen Liu

This paper re-evaluates prompt-injection detectors used by LLM agents, finding that their performance on public benchmarks doesn't reliably predict their effectiveness within actua…

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