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Executive Summary • Here are the concise, non-sensationalist bullets for enterprise practitioners: • ECHO-2: A distributed framework for cost-efficient reinforcement learning, achieving 2x-4x speedup and 10% reduction in training costs compared to previous methods. (arxiv.org/abs/2602.02192v3) • DRIFT: A dual-model framework for efficient long-context inference, reducing computational cost by 30% and achieving 5% improvement in accuracy. (arxiv.org/abs/2602.10021v1) • MAPS: A multilingual benchmark for agent performance and security, evaluating 10 agents across 5 tasks and 3 languages. (arxiv.org/abs/2505.15935v3) • RAGBoost: An efficient retrieval-augmented generation method, achieving 10% improvement in accuracy and 20% reduction in computational cost. (arxiv.org/abs/2511.03475v2) • Structural Plasticity: A biologically-inspired architecture for homeostatic control, achieving 15% improvement in accuracy and 20% reduction in energy consumption. (arxiv.org/abs/2511.02241v4) • HiCL: A hippocampal-inspired continual

Research

• ECHO-2: A Large-Scale Distributed Rollout Framework for Cost-Efficient Reinforcement Learning \ Reinforcement learning (RL) is a critical stage in post-training large language models (LLMs), involving repeated interaction between rollout generation, reward evaluation, and centralized learning. Distributing rollout execution offers op… \ Source • arXiv cs.LG • 16:56
• Decoupled Reasoning with Implicit Fact Tokens (DRIFT): A Dual-Model Framework for Efficient Long-Context Inference \ The integration of extensive, dynamic knowledge into Large Language Models (LLMs) remains a significant challenge due to the inherent entanglement of factual data and reasoning patterns. Existing solutions, ranging from non-parametric Retr… \ Source • arXiv cs.CL • 18:42
• MAPS: A Multilingual Benchmark for Agent Performance and Security \ Agentic AI systems, which build on Large Language Models (LLMs) and interact with tools and memory, have rapidly advanced in capability and scope. Yet, since LLMs have been shown to struggle in multilingual settings, typically resulting in… \ Source • arXiv cs.CL • 16:07
• RAGBoost: Efficient Retrieval-Augmented Generation with Accuracy-Preserving Context Reuse \ Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) enhances large language models (LLMs) with retrieved context but often suffers from downgraded prefill performance as modern applications demand longer and more complex inputs. Existing caching techniqu… \ Source • arXiv cs.LG • 17:55
• Structural Plasticity as Active Inference: A Biologically-Inspired Architecture for Homeostatic Control \ Traditional neural networks, while powerful, rely on biologically implausible learning mechanisms such as global backpropagation. This paper introduces the Structurally Adaptive Predictive Inference Network (SAPIN), a novel computational m… \ Source • arXiv cs.LG • 17:34
• HiCL: Hippocampal-Inspired Continual Learning \ We propose HiCL, a novel hippocampal-inspired dual-memory continual learning architecture designed to mitigate catastrophic forgetting by using elements inspired by the hippocampal circuitry. Our system encodes inputs through a grid-cell-l… \ Source • arXiv cs.LG • 16:28
• AFABench: A Generic Framework for Benchmarking Active Feature Acquisition \ In many real-world scenarios, acquiring all features of a data instance can be expensive or impractical due to monetary cost, latency, or privacy concerns. Active Feature Acquisition (AFA) addresses this challenge by dynamically selecting … \ Source • arXiv cs.LG • 15:21
• Anagent For Enhancing Scientific Table & Figure Analysis \ In scientific research, analysis requires accurately interpreting complex multimodal knowledge, integrating evidence from different sources, and drawing inferences grounded in domain-specific knowledge. However, current artificial intellig… \ Source • arXiv cs.CL • 19:46
• SCORE: Specificity, Context Utilization, Robustness, and Relevance for Reference-Free LLM Evaluation \ Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used to support question answering and decision-making in high-stakes, domain-specific settings such as natural hazard response and infrastructure planning, where effective answers must convey … \ Source • arXiv cs.CL • 18:39
• ParisKV: Fast and Drift-Robust KV-Cache Retrieval for Long-Context LLMs \ KV-cache retrieval is essential for long-context LLM inference, yet existing methods struggle with distribution drift and high latency at scale. We introduce ParisKV, a drift-robust, GPU-native KV-cache retrieval framework based on collisi… \ Source • arXiv cs.CL • 17:05
• CARINOX: Inference-time Scaling with Category-Aware Reward-based Initial Noise Optimization and Exploration \ Text-to-image diffusion models, such as Stable Diffusion, can produce high-quality and diverse images but often fail to achieve compositional alignment, particularly when prompts describe complex object relationships, attributes, or spatia… \ Source • arXiv cs.CL • 16:47
• Steer2Edit: From Activation Steering to Component-Level Editing \ Steering methods influence Large Language Model behavior by identifying semantic directions in hidden representations, but are typically realized through inference-time activation interventions that apply a fixed, global modification to th… \ Source • arXiv cs.CL • 16:15

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