arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 2
AdaBoosting Text Prompts for Vision-Language Models
arXiv:2607. 00684v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The classification accuracy of pretrained Vision-Language Models (VLMs) relies on the quality of the text prompts.
ReViCo: Unveiling the Limitations of VLMs in Visual Text Understanding via Error Correction
ReViCo (Real Visual Correction) is a new benchmark that tests Vision Language Models (VLMs) on the task of correcting text errors in real‑world images, requiring deep understanding of visual text and its context. The study evaluates VLMs using both prompt‑based and targeted training approaches, revealing a significant performance gap between current models and humans. The results show that most VLMs struggle to accurately perceive visual text, leading to frequent correction mistakes, thereby underscoring the need for more robust, text‑aware VLMs.
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The Hidden Evolution of Disguised Visual Context inside the VLM
arXiv:2606. 20077v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Visual tokens enter Large Language Models (LLMs) as raw, foreign signals.
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Comparative Study of Domain-adapted VLMs for General Document Visual Question Answering
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SAGE: Sink-Aware Guided Emphasis for Visual Grounding in Vision-Language Decoders
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GeoPID: Decomposing and Steering Visual Information in Vision-Language Models
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arXiv Computer Vision
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Reprogramming Vision-Language Models via Structured Prompt Reparameterization
arXiv:2609.36680v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Visual reprogramming adapts pretrained models to downstream tasks by modifying their input and output interfaces while keeping the backbone fixed. In v...
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arXiv AI
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Are Prompt Optimizers Blind? Cross-Modal Visual Feedback for Automatic Prompt Optimization
arXiv:2607. 24354v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Automatic prompt optimization (APO) has been widely adopted to adapt vision-language models (VLMs) to downstream tasks without weight updates, yielding promising results.
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MiniGPT-Reverse-Designing: Predicting Image Adjustments Utilizing MiniGPT-4
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