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  1. Scores Are Not Decisions: Cost-Aware Stopping for Tool Acquisition in LLM Agents

    Source note · Jul 29, 2026 · ai, machine learning, large language model (llm)

    The paper presents a new approach, Cost-Aware Marginal Decision-Focused Stopping (CAM-DF), for tool selection in Large Language Model (LLM) agents that use various external services. The approach addresses the…

  2. SkillRise: Agentic Reinforcement Learning for Cross-Task Skill Evolution

    Source note · Jul 29, 2026 · artificial intelligence, machine learning, reinforcement learning

    SkillRise is a new reinforcement learning framework that helps large language model agents solve related yet distinct tasks more efficiently. It organizes tasks into sequences and uses a single policy to alternate…

  3. DataOrchestra: Learning to Orchestrate Per-Example Curation of Pretraining Data

    Source note · Jul 27, 2026 · artificial intelligence, machine learning, natural language processing

    The paper proposes a framework called DataOrchestra that learns to curate pre-training data example-by-example rather than applying a uniform strategy across many examples. The framework decides whether to drop, clean…

  4. ERUnderstand: Evaluating Vision-Language Models on Structured ER Diagrams

    Source note · Jul 27, 2026 · ai, machine learning

    A new benchmark called ERUnderstand has been introduced for evaluating the ability of Vision-Language Models (VLMs) to understand Entity-Relationship Diagrams (ERDs), which are important in database design. The…

  5. Failures Reveal What Metrics Miss: An Evidence-Driven Agent for Recursive Refinement of ECG Classifiers

    Source note · Jul 27, 2026 · machine learning, language model, ai in healthcare

    Researchers present a new framework called RecursiveECG that uses a language model (LLM) to improve ECG classifiers by analyzing the reasons for individual case failures and suggesting targeted revisions based on…

  6. The Physics of Multi-Turn Long-Horizon Planning: From Pre-training to Post-training via Single- and Multi-Teacher On-Policy Agentic Distillation

    Source note · Jul 27, 2026 · artificial intelligence, machine learning, planning

    The paper focuses on improving the multi-turn long-horizon planning for foundation model agents. The authors introduce a controlled environment to study the acquisition, shaping, and integration of planning abilities…

  7. Agent-Guided Relational Concept Discovery: Toward Interpretable Surgical Margin Assessment

    Source note · Jul 23, 2026 · machine learning, deep learning, data analysis

    Researchers propose a new framework called Agent-Guided Concept Discovery for improving deep learning models used in surgical margin assessment. The model learns meaningful concepts directly from data without requiring…

  8. Agentic coding without the cloud: evaluating open-weight large language models on longitudinal data preparation tasks

    Source note · Jul 23, 2026 · artificial intelligence, machine learning, data preparation

    Researchers introduced an open-source framework to evaluate the effectiveness of AI agents powered by open-weight large language models (LLMs) in data preparation tasks for longitudinal population studies. The study…

  9. AI Assistants Overassist

    Source note · Jul 23, 2026 · artificial intelligence, machine learning

    Researchers introduce Int-Bench, a tool to evaluate how AI language models intervene during problem-solving tasks across code debugging, mathematics, and brain teasers. The study finds that AI models provide more…

  10. AREX: Towards a Recursively Self-Improving Agent for Deep Research

    Source note · Jul 23, 2026 · ai, machine learning

    The paper introduces a new family of agents called AREX for deep research. These agents are designed to recursively improve their answers by verifying intermediate results, guiding subsequent refinement, and learning…

  11. GRADRAG: Cross-Component Prompt Adaptation for Coordinated Multi-Agent RAG

    Source note · Jul 23, 2026 · artificial intelligence, machine learning, natural language processing

    The authors introduce GRADRAG, a framework for improving Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems by coordinating improvements across multiple agents in the pipeline, rather than optimizing components in isolation…

  12. GraphVid: Interactive Graph-Controllable Video Generation

    Source note · Jul 23, 2026 · artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision

    The researchers introduce GraphVid, a model that generates interactive videos using structured interaction graphs, allowing for flexible and precise control. The model shows strong performance compared to Motion-I2V in…

  13. ICAE-Bench: Evaluating Coding Agents as Interactive Project Builders

    Source note · Jul 23, 2026 · ai, machine learning, programming

    The paper introduces ICAE-Bench, a benchmark for evaluating coding agents in interactive project building settings. Instead of being limited to completing code under fully specified instructions, these agents are…

  14. OpenForgeRL: Train Harness-native Agents in Any Environment

    Source note · Jul 23, 2026 · artificial intelligence, machine learning

    OpenForgeRL is an open-source framework for training AI agents using various inference harnesses like Claude Code, Codex, OpenClaw, etc., in diverse environments. The framework allows end-to-end training with standard…

  15. Toward Continuous Assurance for the Democratization of AI Agent Creation in Industry

    Source note · Jul 23, 2026 · ai, machine learning, framework

    The paper proposes a solution to ensure reliability in AI agents created by non-engineering users within organizations, through democratized low-code, no-code, and conversational development environments. The proposed…

  16. Antigen-specific Antibody Multi-modal Foundation Model for Functional Antibody Design

    Source note · Jul 22, 2026 · machine learning

    Researchers introduce a new model called AAMFM (Antigen-specific Antibody Multimodal Foundation Model) for designing functional antibodies. The model learns unified representations of antibody sequences and structures…

  17. Autonomous Collaborative Learning Among an Ensemble of Tsetlin Machines with Consensus-Based Inference

    Source note · Jul 22, 2026 · artificial intelligence, machine learning, research notes

    The researchers propose a decentralized collaborative learning paradigm for an ensemble of Tsetlin Machines (TMs) using consensus-based inference. Each agent has its own private TM model, and they combine individual…

  18. Cumsum-Composable Phase Transport for Low-Cost Streaming Keyword Spotting

    Source note · Jul 22, 2026 · machine learning, speech processing

    The paper introduces Cumsum-Composable Phase Transport, a new streaming-native temporal layer for keyword spotting in speech tasks. This method uses unitary rotations to project and transport acoustic frames…

  19. Multi-stage Dynamic Selection for Cross-Project Defect Prediction

    Source note · Jul 22, 2026 · machine learning, software engineering

    The paper proposes a new framework for Cross-Project Defect Prediction (CPDP) that addresses distribution shift issues between training and target projects by using a two-stage multiple classifier system selection…

  20. OLEDLM: A Unified Language Model for OLED Molecular Design

    Source note · Jul 22, 2026 · machine learning

    Researchers propose a new language model for designing Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED) materials. The model generates SMILES sequences of OLED molecules based on specific optoelectronic properties, using a…

  21. Plausibility-Driven Prioritization of Candidate Biomedical Annotations

    Source note · Jul 22, 2026 · machine learning

    The paper presents a framework using biomedical knowledge graphs (bioKGs) to estimate the plausibility of candidate biomedical annotations, aiming to guide experts in prioritizing them for manual curation. The approach…

  22. Variance-reduced Domain Adaptation using Paired Sampling

    Source note · Jul 22, 2026 · machine learning

    The paper proposes Paired Sampling for Domain Adaptation (PSDA), a new stochastic variance reduction technique designed for distribution-matching frameworks in unsupervised domain adaptation (UDA) that suffer from high…

  23. Find Before You Fine-Tune: A Diagnostic Study of Small LLMs for Cybersecurity QA

    Source note · Jul 21, 2026 · artificial intelligence, machine learning, natural language processing

    The paper presents a diagnostic framework called FiT (Find before Fine-Tune) to evaluate the suitability of small language models for cybersecurity question-answering tasks. The study finds that fine-tuning these…

  24. PLAID-PRF: Pseudo-Relevance Feedback with Centroid-like Tokens in PLAID

    Source note · Jul 21, 2026 · machine learning, information retrieval

    Researchers propose a method called PLAID-PRF to improve the effectiveness of multi-vector dense retrieval models like ColBERT. This method uses centroid-based quantization in PLAID, a model that reduces index size and…

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