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#small language model Preprint Sep 2026

Think-Verify-Revise: Neuro-Symbolic Visual Reasoning with Vision-Language Models and Dynamic Logic Tensor Networks

A Neuro-Symbolic framework that closes this gap by tightly coupling a Vision-Language Model for automatic First-Order Logic rule induction with a Dynamic Logic Tensor Network for differentiable rule verification, in a closed iterative feedback loop is proposed.

Homayoun Afshari, Pietro Basci, A. Russo et al. · 0 citations
#protein folding Open access Sep 2026

De novo design of ligand binding proteins using large language models alone

Testing the ability of common large language models to consider design principles to generate de novo proteins that bind metals and lipophilic small molecules without copying existing sequences highlights the utility of LLMs in making protein design more comprehensible and accessible to users without sophisticated desi...

Nam Hyeong Kim, A. K. Hatstat, Hyunil Jo et al. · 1 citation
#natural language process... Preprint Sep 2026

SpecGuard: Inference-Time Backdoor Detection For Free

SpecGuard is introduced, an inference-time backdoor detector that repurposes speculative decoding at zero added model-computation cost and doubles as a free, always-on signal for detecting backdoored LLM behavior.

Wen Rui, Ahmed Salem, Andrew Paverd et al. · 0 citations
#artificial intelligence Preprint Sep 2026

(Whose defaults?) Is artificial intelligence reorienting archaeological methods?

Generative AI and the practice of"vibe coding"are changing how archaeologists carry out computational research, but their effects on the discipline's range of methods is still understudied. In this paper, we evaluate whether large language models (LLMs) are narrowing the variety of methods archaeologists use. We first...

L. Cardarelli, Roberto Ragno · 0 citations
#natural language process... Preprint Sep 2026

Augustinian BabyLM: What Ostensive Definition Can and Cannot Teach a Small Language Model

A language model normally begins training with random word embeddings: whatever'banana'means must be learned from training corpora. I implement St. Augustine's picture of word learning, meaning by ostension, for a small masked language model (DeBERTa) trained on 10M words: before training, visually grounded tokens rece...

Lisa Bylinina · 0 citations
#natural language process... Preprint Sep 2026

Distribution-aware Language Neuron Identification in Multilingual Large Language Models

Distribution-aware Language Neuron selection is proposed, which leverages pairwise relationships between per-language activation distributions over the full activation range, including negative values, to quantify each neuron's language specificity by clustering languages using pairwise overlap coefficients between the...

Minjun Kim, Inho Won, Junghun Yuk et al. · 0 citations
#artificial intelligence Preprint Sep 2026

Data-Efficient Language Modeling: From Frontier Advancement to Principle-Guided Model Improvement

Learning from limited text requires models to use context, generalize to new inputs, and retain useful capabilities. Qiushi Engine conducted a long-horizon, end-to-end autonomous research program on BabyLM 2026 Strict-Small, within 10 million corpus words and 100 million cumulative word presentations. Three stages conn...

Shu-Xing Yang, Kai-Hao Zhu, Jun-Jie Yang et al. · 0 citations
#artificial intelligence Preprint Sep 2026

Structural priors for data-efficient language learning

Non-language data can serve as a partial substitute for language data for the training objective of next-token prediction but does not reliably support broader linguistic generalization, and transfer from non-language data is less efficient than additional language data.

Yana Veitsman, Jonas Mayer Martins, Jonathan Lautenschlager et al. · 1 citation
#artificial intelligence Preprint Sep 2026

Your Model Already Knows Don't Teach It, Learn to Ask It: Soft Prompting for Few-Shot Adaptation of Vision-Language Models

Modern VLMs already encode much of what is needed for specialized domains; the challenge is learning how to ask, suggests modern VLMs already encode much of what is needed for specialized domains; the challenge is learning how to ask.

Gautam Rajendrakumar Gare, Si-Ying Li, He-Wei Wang et al. · 1 citation
#machine learning Preprint Sep 2026

Why Does Post-Training Quantization Work?

Comparing full-precision and quantized forward passes, and identifying two mechanisms that characterize pretrained quantization robustness, these mechanisms explain why quantization error that passes through numerous layers can still produce only small output changes, and are verified across models and quantization set...

Yu-Xiang Chen, Michael Beyer, Jun Zhu et al. · 1 citation
#machine learning Preprint Sep 2026

Flow Duality and Source Geometry for Categorical Generation

Continuous and discrete flow matching are usually treated as separate constructions. This paper identifies a duality between them: projecting continuous convex-interpolant paths with one-hot targets through a position-wise argmax yields discrete convex-interpolant paths. The result requires source laws with appropriate...

Etrit Haxholli · 0 citations

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MIT News · Artificial Intelligence Oct 15, 2026

AI model decodes the language cells use to communicate

A new computational approach reveals how cells communicate to assemble into tissues. This could accelerate stem cell engineering, improve disease models, and inform therapies.

Microsoft Research Blog Oct 15, 2026

Proof-based general-purpose computing with Magnetar

Zero-knowledge proofs can verify computing results without rerunning workloads or exposing sensitive data. Magnetar helps bring them into the mainstream with support for standard programming languages, major speed gains, and quantum-resistant security. The post Proof-based general-purpose computing with Magnetar appeared first on Microsoft Research.

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