arXiv AI

MODF-SIR: A Multi-agent Omni-modal Distilled Framework for Social Intelligence Reasoning

arXiv:2606. 12018v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We propose a multi-agent collaborative framework built upon a lightweight Multimodal Large Language Model (MLLM), specifically designed for social intelligence reasoning.

arXiv AI
Jun 2

Latent Collaboration in Multi-Agent Systems

arXiv:2511. 20639v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Multi-agent systems (MAS) extend large language models (LLMs) from independent single-model reasoning to coordinative system-level intelligence.

By Jiaru Zou, Ruizhong Qiu, Gaotang Li, Xiyuan Yang, Katherine Tieu, Pan Lu, Ke Shen, Hanghang Tong, Yejin Choi, Jingrui He, James Zou, Mengdi Wang, Ling Yang
arXiv AI
2d ago

Selection-Based Structured Reasoning: Toward Efficient Multimodal Search Agents

arXiv:2610.01892v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Multimodal agents commonly generate free-form reasoning before each action. For small models, limited model capacity can result in lengthy reasoning...

By Feiyu Gavin Zhu, Xiaoyu Zhu, Jiqi Yang, Rui Yang, Arnab Kumar Mondal, Yancheng Wang, Xinke Deng, Jean Oh, Reid Simmons, Joerg Liebelt, Xiang Kong, Zhongyu Jiang
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 18

Uni-LaDiR: Latent Diffusion Unifies Multimodal Reasoning

Uni-LaDiR (Unified Latent Diffusion Reasoner) is a new framework that unifies multimodal reasoning by mapping teacher reasoning steps from different modalities into a shared latent space of thought tokens. It employs a diffusion model to predict the next block of thought tokens, jointly training the encoder and reasoner with shared weights to ensure tokens are both useful and predictable. The approach achieves relative gains of 7.3% on visual reasoning benchmarks and 6.1% on robot manipulation tasks compared to the strongest baselines.

By Haoqiang Kang, Yizhe Zhang, Nikki Lijing Kuang, Yian Ma, Lianhui Qin
arXiv AI
Jun 16

Ling and Ring 2.6 Technical Report: Efficient and Instant Agentic Intelligence at Trillion-Parameter Scale

arXiv:2606. 15079v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Efficient and scalable agentic intelligence requires models that can deliver both low-latency responses and strong reasoning capabilities while remaining practical to train, serve, and deploy.

By Ang Li, Ben Liu, Bin Han, Bin Hu, Bin Jing, Binbin Hu, Bing Li, Cai Chen, Caizhi Tang, Changxin Tian, Chao Huang, Chao Zhang, Chen Liang, Chen Qian, Chengfu Tang, Chengyao Wen, Chilin Fu, Chunwei Wu, Cong Zhang, Cunyin Peng, Daixin Wang, Dalong Zhang, Deng Zhao, Dingnan Jin, Dingyuan Zhu, Donghao Zhang, Fan Yuan, Fangzheng Zhao, Fanzhuang Meng, Feifan Wu, Feng Xu, Fengbin Fang, Gangshan Wang, Guodong Yang, Hailin Zhao, Haitao Wang, Haitao Zhang, Hanxiao Zhang, Hanzi Wang, Hao Dai, Hao Liu, Hao Qian, Hao Wu, Haoxiong Liu, Haoyu Xu, Heng Zhang, Hong Liu, Hongliang Zhang, Hongrui Liu, Hongxun Li, Hongzhi Ruan, Huaidong Xiong, Huihuang Zheng, Huikang Tang, Jia Guo, Jia Li, Jia Liu, Jiameng Wang, Jiaming Liu, Jiannan Shi, Jianping Wei, Jiaolong Yang, Jiapeng Wang, Jie Gao, Jie Wang, Jiewei Wu, Jin Yang, Jinjin Li, Jinjing Huang, Jinquan Sun, Jinyao Chen, Juanhui Tu, Jun Liu, Jun Mei, Jun Xu, Jun Zhou, Junjie Ou, Junnan Sipan, Junpeng Fang, Kaihong Zhang, Kaiqin Hu, Ke Shi, Kuan Xu, Kun Tang, Kunlong Chen, Lanyin Mei, Lei Chen, Lei Liang, Lei Xu, Li Tang, Liang Jiang, Liangcheng Fu, Lihui Zhang, Linfeng Shi, Lintao Ma, Liyuan Liu, Longfei Li, Longfei Zheng, Lu Liu, Lu Yu, Man Li, Meiqi Zhu, Meng Li, Mengjie Gao, Mengshu Sun, Mingming Yin, Mingyang Zhang, Mingyuan Fan, Nuo Xu, Pan Tang, Peijie Jiang, Peilong Zhao, Peng Lin, Pingping Liu, Qi Zuo, Qian Zhao, Qiang Cheng, Qianggang Cao, Qiaoben Bao, Qing Cui, Qingyuan Yang, Qitao Shi, Qiyin Huang, Qizheng Zhou, Quan Wan, Runyuan Zhao, Shaomian Zheng, Shaowei Wei, Shengnan Zhang, Shuaicheng Li, Shujie Li, Shuo Zhang, Sikang Bian, Tianchu Yao, Tiange Xu, Tianshu Wang, Ting Guo, Tinghao Wang, Tingwei Huang, Tong Zhao, Tongkai Yang, Wang Hong, Wanli Gu, Wei Lu, Weichang Wu, Weiguang Han, Weiquan Li, Wenbo Shen, Wenjing Fang, Wenzhi Tang, Xiang Shu, Xiao Shi, Xiaodong Yan, Xiaolu Zhang, Xiaopei Wan, Xiaqing Sun, Xin Zhao, Xingyu Lu, Xinxing Yang, Xinyao Tang, Xinyu Kong, Xinyu Liu, Xiong Xu, Xuan Sun, Xudong Han, Xudong Wang, Xujie Shen, Yalin Zhang, Yangyang Hou, Yankun Ren, Yao Zhao, Ye Chen, Yeyang Chen, Yibo Cao, Yifan Zuo, Yijie Chen, Ying Li, Yingjie Song, Yingxue Li, Yiqi Wang, Yixuan Sun, Yizhu Xiao, Yongfei Xu, Yu Liu, Yuchen Fang, Yue Gao, Yue Yu, Yue Zhang, Yuqi Zhang, Yuxiao He, Yuxiao Lu, Yuxin Tian, Yuxuan Li, Yuzhuo Fu, Zhankai Xu, Zhaoxin Huan, Zhenduo Zhang, Zhengke Gui, Zhengyu Huang, Zhenjun Ma, Zhenxuan Pan, Zheping Qu, Zhibo Zhu, Zhidong Fan, Zhigang Huangfu, Zhihao Wang, Zhiqiang Zhang, Zhizhen Liu, Zhuyan Zhou, Zibin Lin, Zihang Zeng, Zihao Wang, Zilong Wang, Ziqi Liu, Zitao Xuan, Zixuan Cheng, Zujie Wen, Zuoli Tang
arXiv AI
Aug 24

Two Heads are Better Than One: Test-time Scaling of Multi-agent Collaborative Reasoning

The paper introduces a method to improve test-time scaling (TTS) for large language models by using multi-agent systems (MAS) to split long reasoning chains into manageable contexts. A new dataset, M500, containing 500 multi-agent collaborative reasoning traces, is used to fine‑tune open‑source models, enabling them to learn collaborative patterns and outperform their base versions. An adaptive scaling strategy with a "CEO" agent is proposed to dynamically guide reasoning depth, and experiments in the AgentVerse framework confirm the effectiveness of the approach.

By Can Jin, Hongwu Peng, Qixin Zhang, Yujin Tang, Dimitris N. Metaxas, Tong Che
arXiv AI
Sep 21

AgentVidBench: A Multi-Hop Video Question Answering Benchmark for Evaluating MLLM Agents

AgentVidBench is a new multi‑hop video question‑answering benchmark designed to evaluate spatial, temporal, and causal reasoning in multimodal large language models (MLLMs). Unlike existing tests that focus on simple scene queries or global summaries, AgentVidBench includes step‑by‑step solution traces to assess whether agents gather the necessary evidence to justify their answers. Experiments with 12 MLLMs show limited single‑turn performance, but integrating these models into agentic workflows improves both accuracy and trajectory scores, establishing AgentVidBench as a comprehensive testbed for future research on agentic video understanding.

By Seoyeon An, Hyeonseo Jang, Minsu Kim, Chanho Lee, Younghan Park, Kangwook Lee
arXiv AI
6d ago

Can Linguistic Reasoning Vectors Enhance Multimodal Reasoning Ability?

The paper introduces LIFT, a lightweight vector‑intervention technique that transfers reasoning capability from a base large language model (LLM) to a vision‑language model (VLM) without retraining the VLM backbone. LIFT defines Reasoning Vectors as differences in hidden states between a reasoning path with an explicit trace and a solver path without it, and injects these vectors into the VLM’s language‑side activations. Experiments on two VLMs across six reasoning benchmarks show that vectors derived from the base LLM consistently outperform those derived from the aligned VLM, indicating that the base LLM is a more effective source for recovering degraded reasoning. "whyItMatters":"The study demonstrates that a simple, frozen‑backbone intervention can partially restore reasoning abilities in multimodal models, highlighting the value of leveraging the original language model’s reasoning power."

By Ziyi Wang, Li Li, Aolin Zhou, Yankun Shen, Chonghan Liu, Shuxia Lin, Xu Yang