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#artificial intelligence Preprint Open access Oct 2026

Exploration and Experimentation with a Misspecified Simulator

Randomized experiments are the standard for measuring causal effects that guide decisions, but are costly. Simulators calibrated to historical data offer a cheaper alternative, but their policies can become suboptimal under drift, a change in dynamics after calibration. We study if, when, and how to collect data for re...

Harsh Parikh, Gabriel Levin-Konigsberg, Sohrab Andaz et al. · 0 citations
#machine learning Preprint Open access Oct 2026

Diffusion-Based Stochastic Operator Networks for Uncertainty Quantification in Stochastic Partial Differential Equations

We introduce a novel framework for uncertainty quantification of solution operators associated with stochastic partial differential equations (SPDEs). Although SPDEs play a central role in modeling complex physical systems under uncertainty, their practical use typically requires specifying the magnitude and structure...

Phuoc-Toan Huynh, Richard Archibald, Feng Bao · 0 citations
#machine learning Preprint Open access Oct 2026

OrbiSim: World Models as Differentiable Physics Engines for Embodied Intelligence

We present OrbiSim, a novel robotic simulation paradigm that redefines world models as a fully differentiable physics engine for embodied intelligence. Unlike prior world models that focus on unconstrained imagination in latent or visual domains, OrbiSim establishes a unified, physically-grounded pathway that bridges s...

Jiajian Li, Jingyuan Huang, Junru Gong et al. · 0 citations
#machine learning Preprint Open access Oct 2026

RubricEM: Meta-RL with Rubric-guided Policy Decomposition beyond Verifiable Rewards

Deep research agents plan, search, evaluate evidence, and synthesize long-form reports. Training these agents with reinforcement learning (RL) is challenging because they operate over long horizons and their outputs lack exact answer verifiers. To this end, we introduce RubricEM, a unified RL framework for deep researc...

Gaotang Li, Bhavana Dalvi Mishra, Zifeng Wang et al. · 0 citations
#artificial intelligence Preprint Open access Oct 2026

Coordination Matters: Process-Aware Evaluation of Cooperative Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning

Cooperative multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) benchmarks commonly emphasize aggregate outcomes such as return, success rate, or completion time. While essential, these metrics can obscure how agents coordinate and fail to distinguish policies that achieve similar outcomes through different interaction processes...

Maria Ana Cardei, Matthew Landers, Afsaneh Doryab · 0 citations
#machine learning Preprint Open access Oct 2026

Measuring Differences between Conditional Distributions using Kernel Embeddings

Comparing conditional distributions is a fundamental challenge in statistics and machine learning, with applications across a wide range of domains. While proposed methods for measuring discrepancies using kernel embeddings of distributions in a reproducing kernel Hilbert space (RKHS) provide powerful non-parametric te...

Peter Moskvichev, Siu Lun Chau, Dino Sejdinovic · 0 citations
#machine learning Preprint Open access Oct 2026

Leveraging Cell-level Spatial Transcriptomics as Weak Supervision for Nuclei Classification

Deep learning-based nuclei analysis in histopathology relies heavily on large-scale, expert-curated datasets that are costly and difficult to scale across organs. To address this, we propose a scalable framework leveraging cell-level spatial transcriptomics (ST) as an alternative supervision source for nuclei classific...

Kazuya Nishimura, Ryoma Bise, Haruka Hirose et al. · 0 citations
#machine learning Preprint Open access Oct 2026

Structural Causal Bottleneck Models

We introduce structural causal bottleneck models (SCBMs), a novel class of structural causal models in which causal effects between high-dimensional variables are mediated by low-dimensional summary statistics, or *bottlenecks*. SCBMs provide a flexible framework for mechanism-specific, target-dependent dimension reduc...

Simon Bing, Jonas Wahl, Jakob Runge · 0 citations
#artificial intelligence Preprint Open access Oct 2026

A Theoretical Analysis of Test-Driven Code Generation

Code assistants are increasingly utilized in test-driven software development, yet the theoretical mechanisms behind their environment-interaction strategies remain underexplored. We provide a probabilistic framework for two dominant paradigms: code selection after generation using the execution environment, and code g...

Nicolas Menet, Michael Hersche, Andreas Krause et al. · 0 citations
#machine learning Preprint Open access Oct 2026

AutoPrunedRetriever: Persistent Reasoning Graphs for Efficient and Extensible Retrieval-Augmented Generation

Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) has become a standard approach for knowledge-intensive LLM tasks. Complex reasoning remains challenging because queries often require composing dispersed evidence through multiple dependent reasoning steps. Yet existing RAG systems process queries independently, repeatedly retrievin...

Ning Wang, Kuanyan Zhu, Daniel Yuehwoon Yee et al. · 0 citations
#artificial intelligence Preprint Open access Oct 2026

Pro-AI Bias in Large Language Models

Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly employed for decision-support across multiple domains. We ask whether these models favor artificial intelligence (AI) itself. We examine this question through three experiments. First, in open-ended advice across investment, study, career, and startup domains, AI is promine...

Benaya Trabelsi, Jonathan Shaki, Sarit Kraus · 0 citations
#machine learning Preprint Open access Oct 2026

AceFF: A State-of-the-Art Machine Learning Potential for Small Molecules

We introduce AceFF, a pre-trained machine learning interatomic potential (MLIP) optimized for small molecule drug discovery. While MLIPs have emerged as efficient alternatives to Density Functional Theory (DFT), generalizability across diverse chemical spaces remains difficult. AceFF addresses this by refining the Tens...

Stephen E. Farr, Stefan Doerr, Antonio Mirarchi et al. · 0 citations

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Microsoft Research Blog Nov 3, 2026

Learn the rules: The hacker mindset

Research Manager Mike Walker reflects on a career spanning hacker culture, cybersecurity, and AI, sharing lessons about trust, teamwork, leadership, and why solving difficult problems requires curiosity, judgment, agility—and an understanding of the rules. The post Learn the rules: The hacker mindset appeared first on Microsoft Research.

Google DeepMind Blog Nov 3, 2026

Agentic cheminformatics with Google Antigravity

Learn how Google Antigravity and our Cheminformatics Skills accelerate drug discovery workflows, search compounds, and propose novel rigidified macrocycles.

MIT News · Artificial Intelligence Oct 28, 2026

Making machines that can listen

Professor Paris Smaragdis develops computers with superhuman hearing for applications like speech recognition, music understanding, and environmental monitoring.

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