arXiv:2604.08723v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Preference optimization methods such as DPO and KTO are widely used for aligning language models, yet little is understood about what properties of preference data drive downstream reasoning gains. We as…
arXiv:2604.08552v1 Announce Type: cross
Abstract: Scientific metadata are often incomplete and noncompliant with community standards, limiting dataset findability, interoperability, and reuse. When reporting guidelines exist, they typically lack machi…
arXiv:2512.17425v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Exoskeletons modulate human movement across diverse applications, from performance augmentation to daily-life assistance. These systems often enforce specific kinematic patterns to mitigate injury ri…
arXiv:2604.08603v1 Announce Type: cross
Abstract: Existing LLM-based agent systems share a common architectural failure: they answer from the unrestricted knowledge space without first simulating how active business scenarios reshape that space for th…
arXiv:2604.09450v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Chest X-ray report generation (CXR-RG) has the potential to substantially alleviate radiologists’ workload. However, conventional autoregressive vision–language models (VLMs) suffer from high inference …
arXiv:2603.15757v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: What happens when a pretrained generative robot policy is provided a constant initial noise as input, rather than repeatedly sampling it from a Gaussian? We demonstrate that the performance of a pret…
arXiv:2604.05060v2 Announce Type: replace-cross
Abstract: Accurate Point Cloud Registration (PCR) is an important task in 3D data processing, involving the estimation of a rigid transformation between two point clouds. While deep-learning methods have…
arXiv:2604.08718v1 Announce Type: cross
Abstract: Geometric Foundation Models (GFMs) have recently advanced monocular SLAM by providing robust, calibration-free 3D priors. However, deploying these models on dense video streams introduces significant c…
Google has made a big step forward by extending end-to-end encryption to Android and iOS devices for Gmail client-side encryption (CSE) users, says an expert.
“All in all, this is a welcome update, especially in light of recen…
For the past five years, the New Future of Work report has captured how work is changing. This year, the shift feels especially sharp. Previous editions have focused on technology’s role in increasing productivity by automating tasks, accelerating communication, and expanding access to information, as well as the rise of remote work. Today, generative AI […]
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