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Signed QR codes could end quishing, preprint proposes
Researchers show EdDSA cryptographic signatures fit inside standard QR codes, potentially stopping sticker-swap scams on parking machines and kiosks — if adopti
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Distributed AI training: MIM beats contrastive learning on non-IID data
Distributed AI training study finds Masked Image Modeling more robust than contrastive learning on heterogeneous data, reshaping how teams train models across m
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AI scientists score 27% on scientific lineage benchmark
A new benchmark called IG-Bench tests whether LLMs can trace how scientific ideas inherit and mutate from prior work — the best system managed just 27.3% exact
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Chain-of-thought audit catches AI reasoning gaps
A new arXiv preprint introduces reasoning consistency scanning — a method that flags when a model's stated reasoning doesn't match its answer, using transcripts
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CausalDS benchmark tests AI agents' causal reasoning
A new arXiv benchmark from University of Michigan evaluates whether data-science AI agents can distinguish causation from correlation — and know when to abstain
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New arXiv paper maps how AI-human trust gets exploited
A July 2026 preprint argues echo chambers and misinformation miss the real threat: strategic manipulation in mixed human-LLM communicative networks.
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QANTIS quantum belief updates hold to 32 steps on IBM Heron
QANTIS shows IBM Heron quantum hardware updates beliefs across 32 planning steps without changing the action a classical planner would take — on one benchmark o
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Agentic AI outperforms single-LLM in insurance underwriting
Agentic AI beats single-LLM systems in small commercial underwriting, especially when data is missing or rules need multiple steps, finds a new arXiv paper.
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Medical AI survey tests 18 LLMs, finds general models beat specialists
A new arXiv survey maps clinical needs to AI reasoning capabilities across 18 models, revealing specialist LLMs win diagnosis while general models lead decision
Technology & AI
Infinity-Parser2 tops document parsing benchmarks at 87.6%
Infinity-Parser2 Pro scores 87.6% on olmOCR-Bench with a 5-million-sample open dataset, reshaping document parsing for developers and small businesses.
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AI agent harness blocks leaks, keeps full 120/120 utility
New arXiv paper shows code-owned enforcement stops recommendation and trace leaks in enterprise LLM agents at 120/120 utility, where bolt-on guardrails drop to
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EvoSOP lets AI agents write their own playbooks
New arXiv paper proposes EvoSOP, where AI agents turn repetitive steps into reusable procedures, cutting interaction rounds and boosting task success rates.