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  1. ElasticBack: Stealthy Conditional Backdoor in LLM-Agent Skills via Coupled Trigger-Rule Optimization

    Source note · Aug 10, 2026 · optimization, ai security, machine learning models

    The paper presents ElasticBack, a stealthy conditional backdoor that can compromise LLM agents by planting a rule and trigger in skills. The backdoor only activates when both the rule and the trigger appear together…

  2. A First Look at Coding Agents' Compliance with AI Contribution Rules in Open-Source Communities

    Source note · Jul 29, 2026 · open-source, machine learning models

    Researchers studied whether AI agents comply with contribution rules in open-source communities. They found that the AI agents do not proactively retrieve the rules but improve with reminders, quotes, or feedback…

  3. Same Dangerous Objective, Opposite Advice: Direct Exposure versus Multi-Agent Mediation

    Source note · Jul 23, 2026 · ai safety, machine learning models, manipulation

    A study using OpenAI's gpt-5.6-sol model found that the model gave different advice when presented with a dangerous objective directly compared to when other agents transformed and relayed the direction. When shown an…

  4. PhaseAware: Interpretable Human-in-the-Loop Rehabilitation Scoring with Boundary Monitoring

    Source note · Jul 22, 2026 · deep learning, machine learning models

    The study introduces PhaseAware, a framework designed for continuous evaluation of rehabilitation quality during physical therapy sessions. It combines temporal data with phase-specific and body part descriptors to…

  5. CommuniWave:A Machine Learning Model for Quantifying the Degree of Temporary Informal Behavior in Urban Communities

    Source note · Jul 9, 2026 · machine learning models

    Researchers have developed a machine learning model named CommuniWave. This model aims to help urban managers and designers by efficiently detecting and quantifying temporary informal behaviors in urban communities…

  6. TRACE: A Two-Channel Robust Attribution Watermark via Complementary Embeddings for LLM-Agent Trajectories

    Source note · Jul 9, 2026 · machine learning models

    The paper introduces TRACE, a new agent watermark system designed to withstand manipulation by resellers who may alter or replace an original agent. The system works by embedding two channels into the agent's behavior…

  7. WCog-VLA: A Dual-Level World-Cognitive Vision-Language-Action Model for End-to-End Autonomous Driving

    Source note · Jul 9, 2026 · autonomous vehicles, machine learning models, vision-language-action (vla) models

    Researchers propose WCog-VLA, a dual-level model for autonomous driving, which combines semantic world forecasting and generative world evolution to bridge the gap between reactive and proactive driving. The semantic…

  8. TraceLab: Characterizing Coding Agent Workloads for LLM Serving

    Source note · Jun 29, 2026 · coding agents, data analysis, machine learning models

    Researchers collect and release a dataset of approximately 4,300 coding-agent sessions from their own use of Claude Code and Codex. The data shows that coding-agent workloads feature long autonomous loops, long…

  9. Empowering GUI Agents via Autonomous Experience Exploration and Hindsight Experience Utilization for Task Planning

    Source note · Jun 25, 2026 · planning, machine learning models, generalization

    The research introduces a method called Planning Experience Exploration and Utilization (PEEU) to improve the task planning capabilities of smaller open-source Multi-Language Model Learning Machines (MLLMs). These…

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