{
  "id": 15557452,
  "title": "Beyond Large Language Models: A Mental World Model Framework for Mental Modeling, Simulation, Evolution, and Interpretability",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/beyond-large-language-models-a-mental-world-model-framework-for",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-16T16:42:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "arXiv cs.AI",
    "slug": "arxiv-cs-ai",
    "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.23722v1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Understanding and simulating how subjective cognition and mental states emerge, evolve, and shape behavior is essential for advancing artificial intelligence toward deeper social cognition and general intelligence. Existing large language models (LLMs) and Theory of Mind (ToM) methods primarily infer mental states from linguistic information, lacking unified mechanisms for subjective world…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}