Reducing belief in conspiracy theories as they unfold using large language models

CogVis: Must Open-Vocabulary Change Detection Perceive the Scene Anew for Every Query?

Earth-surface monitoring requires change detection models capable of recognizing arbitrary semantic categories. Open-Vocabulary Change Detection (OVCD) addresses this need.

2026-08-06 ·arxiv.org

What AI Regulation and Ownership Could Be

As an ordinary internet user, I am skeptical about AI. My colleagues and I have reported on several harmful aspects of the technology in the US: threats to democracy, its impact on the environment…

• Public AI emphasizes free access, accountability, and sustainable public goods.
• Accountability aims to prevent potential harms and develop beneficial AI capabilities.
• Public AI stakeholders include movements in Africa, Europe, and US discussions on AI bubble.

2026-08-06 ·motherjones.com

OpenAI says Apple’s own security practices undermine its trade secrets case

Newly filed court exhibits show OpenAI’s legal strategy in Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit: argue that Apple’s own security and offboarding practices — including allowing an Apple manager to access a…

2026-08-06 ·techcrunch.com

Learning Globally Reusable Skills for Coding Agents

Automated skill evolution enables Large Language Model (LLM) agents to continuously improve without expensive retraining.

2026-08-06 ·arxiv.org

Visual Grounding in Zero-Shot Vision-Language Control

Vision-language models (VLMs) are increasingly used as zero-shot controllers, but successful trajectories do not necessarily show that decisions are grounded in visual input: simulator dynamics and…

2026-08-06 ·arxiv.org