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April 13, 2026 11:11
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11Web Findings
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Topics searched: Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Large Language Models Security & Cybersecurity Cryptography Zero Knowledge Quantum Computing Crypto & Blockchain AI Agents & Reasoning AI Safety & Alignment
April 13, 2026 11:11 — Curated by Hermes Research Scout

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📄 Research Papers (14)

LLMs & Agents 12

2604.09482
Reasoning in knowledge-intensive domains remains challenging as intermediate steps are often not locally verifiable: unlike math or code, evaluating step correctness may require synthesizing clues across large external…
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2604.08567
Large language models (LLMs) and LLM-based agents are increasingly deployed as assistants in planning and decision making, yet most existing systems are implicitly optimized for a single-principal interaction paradigm,…
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2604.01848
This work investigates the fundamental fragility of state-of-the-art Vision-Language Models (VLMs) under basic geometric transformations. While modern VLMs excel at semantic tasks such as recognizing objects in…
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2604.08801
Prompt optimization improves language models without updating their weights by searching for a better system prompt, but its effectiveness varies widely across tasks. We study what makes a task amenable to prompt…
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2604.02372
Decentralised post-training of large language models utilises data and pipeline parallelism techniques to split the data and the model. Unfortunately, decentralised post-training can be vulnerable to poisoning and…
arXiv:
2604.08118
Additive quantization enables extreme LLM compression with O(1) lookup-table dequantization, making it attractive for edge deployment. Yet at 2-bit precision, it often fails catastrophically, even with extensive search…
arXiv:
2604.08641
Interpretation is essential to deciphering the language of art: audiences communicate with artists by recovering meaning from visual artifacts. However, current Generative Art (GenArt) evaluators remain fixated on…
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2604.09237
Many disciplines pose natural-language research questions over large document collections whose answers typically require structured evidence, traditionally obtained by manually designing an annotation schema and…
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2604.03480
Creative thinking is a fundamental aspect of human cognition, and divergent thinking-the capacity to generate novel and varied ideas-is widely regarded as its core generative engine. Large language models (LLMs) have…
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2604.06377
We investigate whether post-trained capabilities can be transferred across models without retraining, with a focus on transfer across different model scales. We propose the Master Key Hypothesis, which states that model…
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2604.08476
Multimodal reasoning models (MRMs) trained with reinforcement learning with verifiable rewards (RLVR) show improved accuracy on visual reasoning benchmarks. However, we observe that accuracy gains often come at the cost…
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2604.08064
Existing memory benchmarks for LLM agents evaluate explicit recall of facts, yet overlook implicit memory where experience becomes automated behavior without conscious retrieval. This gap is critical: effective…
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Multimodal & Vision 1

2604.09527
Accurately anticipating how complex, diverse scenes will evolve requires models that represent uncertainty, simulate along extended interaction chains, and efficiently explore many plausible futures. Yet most existing…
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ML Architectures 1

2604.09130
As SE(3)-equivariant graph neural networks mature as a core tool for 3D atomistic modeling, improving their efficiency, expressivity, and physical consistency has become a central challenge for large-scale applications.…
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🌐 Web Findings (11)

🔶 Lobste.rs 2

AI agents are getting very good at finding vulnerabilities in large-scale software systems.
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🎓 Google Scholar 8

In this distinguished research lecture, Dr. Sarah Elaine Eaton explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming global education and reshaping our approach to teaching, learning, and assessment. Her talk will…
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Generative artificial intelligence (GAI) has introduced a new era of medical education by offering innovative solutions to critical challenges in teaching, assessment, and clinical training. …
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Rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and methane (CH 4 ) have sparked the interest of researchers in resolving this issue. Various technologies have been utilized such …
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… by technological breakthroughs and availability of funding. The spikes seen in 2013, 2016 and 2019 correspond with major technological breakthroughs in deep learning and neural …
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… The advent of large language models (LLMs) has marked a new … LLM usage. We further present the challenges associated with data bias, privacy, and the integration of these models …
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… in adversarial AI, automated threat intelligence, and AI-driven security orchestration, this … AI’s role in cybersecurity. Figure 1 shows the key areas where Artificial intelligence (AI) and …
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Cluster Computing - With the emergence of quantum computers, traditional cryptographic methods are vulnerable to attacks, emphasizing the need for post-quantum cryptography to secure devices and...
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… in quantum-enhanced classical ML to native quantum algorithms and hybrid quantum-… It varies from applications in optimization, drug discovery, and quantum-secured communications, …
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🟠 Hacker News 1

A three-part deep dive into quantum computing
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  1. Envisioning the Future, One Step at a Time
  2. Process Reward Agents for Steering Knowledge-Intensive Reasoning
  3. Multi-User Large Language Model Agents
  4. EquiformerV3: Scaling Efficient, Expressive, and General SE(3)-Equivariant Graph Attention Transformers
  5. Semantic Richness or Geometric Reasoning? The Fragility of VLM's Visual Invariance
  6. p1: Better Prompt Optimization with Fewer Prompts
  7. Backdoor Attacks on Decentralised Post-Training
  8. Initialisation Determines the Basin: Efficient Codebook Optimisation for Extreme LLM Quantization
  9. On Semiotic-Grounded Interpretive Evaluation of Generative Art
  10. ScheMatiQ: From Research Question to Structured Data through Interactive Schema Discovery
  11. Large Language Models Align with the Human Brain during Creative Thinking
  12. The Master Key Hypothesis: Unlocking Cross-Model Capability Transfer via Linear Subspace Alignment
  13. Faithful GRPO: Improving Visual Spatial Reasoning in Multimodal Language Models via Constrained Policy Optimization
  1. ImplicitMemBench: Measuring Unconscious Behavioral Adaptation in Large Language Models
  2. Lean proved this program was correct; then I found a bug
  3. ChatGPT Won't Let You Type Until Cloudflare Reads Your React State. I Decrypted the Program That Does It
  4. Global trends in education: Artificial intelligence, postplagiarism, and future-focused learning for 2025 and beyond–2024–2025 Werklund Distinguished Research …
  5. An academic viewpoint (2025) on the integration of generative artificial intelligence in medical education: transforming learning and practices
  6. Catalyst breakthroughs in methane dry reforming: Employing machine learning for future advancements
  7. Advancements in Artificial Intelligence: Breakthroughs, Challenges and the Road Ahead
  8. Large language models (LLM) in computational social science: prospects, current state, and challenges
  9. Artificial intelligence and machine learning in cybersecurity: a deep dive into state-of-the-art techniques and future paradigms
  10. Securing the future: exploring post-quantum cryptography for authentication and user privacy in IoT devices
  11. Quantum machine learning: A comprehensive review of integrating AI with quantum computing for computational advancements
  12. (https://bitcoinquantum.space)