arXiv Machine Learning

VX-One: Typed, Calibrated Decision Heads for Real-Time Perimeter Triage - An empirical study of unknown-attack honesty, cascade gray zones, and calibration under drift

VX‑One is a small multi‑head neural network that outputs typed, calibrated decision primitives— a calibrated gate, a closed‑set choice with an explicit unknown option, and an ordinal score—trained in a multi‑task, temperature‑calibrated manner. In experiments on UNSW‑NB15, CIC‑IDS2017, and EMBER2024, VX‑One outperforms traditional models on detection metrics and achieves high recall when combined with a signature engine in a two‑phase cascade, though its calibration degrades under temporal drift and it struggles with multi‑class attribution. The study provides a detailed empirical assessment of where such typed, calibrated decisions aid perimeter triage and where they fall short.

arXiv Machine Learning
Oct 3

Benchmarking System One decision models against trained classifiers and language models for automated decision gates

The paper evaluates System One decision models—typed models that output probabilities for branching decisions—against supervised classifiers and generative language models on automated decision gate tasks. Eight checkpoints from six families, including the hosted model Jev, were benchmarked on workflow, intent, and social‑science items, showing that small trained classifiers match or slightly outperform decision models on intent and workflow when labels are available, while decision models outperform zero‑shot classifiers when labels are absent. The study also explores calibration, risk thresholds, and cost‑efficiency trade‑offs, providing condition‑dependent design guidelines for automated decision gates.

By Amir Rafe, Subasish Das
arXiv Machine Learning
Oct 22

Our Own Jev: Typed Decisions in One Forward Pass, from an In-House Judge to Open LoRA Models

arXiv:2610. 29052v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: A typed decision maps evidence, a question and a fixed set of options to a probability for every option, computed in one forward pass, by reading a language model's logits or a small head over its hidden states, instead of generating and parsing text.

By Yuchuan Weng, Chi Liu, Xin Chen, Srinivasan Manoharan
arXiv Machine Learning
Oct 5

Evaluating and Improving the Robustness of Large Language Models to Input Sequence Variations

This thesis introduces methods for assessing and enhancing the robustness of large language models (LLMs) against adversarial input variations. It proposes a generative robustness metric, R_stab(f), based on Jensen‑Shannon divergence, and proves bounds for localized attacks. The work also presents adaptive attacks, Trojan detection techniques, defense strategies for multi‑layer systems, and lightweight attestation for Model Context Protocol (MCP) agentic systems, all implemented in the JudgeGuard, TrojanArmor, and MCPSec suites.

By Narek Maloyan
arXiv AI
Sep 24

XLOG: A CUDA-Native Engine for Neurosymbolic Integration

XLOG is a CUDA‑native logic programming engine that fuses neural perception with deterministic Datalog, probabilistic inference, and epistemic world views. It offers multiple reasoning modes that share device data planes, with host‑orchestrated Datalog and exact inference, and resident recursive and Monte Carlo cores that avoid host‑device transfers. The system supports end‑to‑end gradients through GPU knowledge compilation, achieves significant speedups in MNIST‑addition training and join operations, and demonstrates competitive accuracy on several benchmark tasks.

By Levi Dubrovin, Nikita Pospelov, Kirill Sabitov
arXiv AI
Sep 7

SiLR: Structure-Preserving Admission and Process Reward for LLM Tool Agents

SiLR introduces a structure‑preserving admission and process reward mechanism for large language model (LLM) tool agents. Unlike traditional scalar‑score gates that can trap agents in plateau trajectories, SiLR shadow‑executes each proposal and admits it based on a product order over branch‑level violation states, ensuring safe and recoverable actions. Experiments on Gym‑ANM and CityLearn benchmarks show SiLR consistently recovers all multi‑action episodes and outperforms scalar gates, while also providing a robust reward signal for policy learning.

By Chenyu Zhou, Qiliang Jiang, Shuning Wu, Xu Zhou