arXiv AI August 10, 2026 By Ming Wang, Yuqing Zhang, Tingna Xie, Xiangju Li, Xiaocui Yang, Daling Wang, Shi Feng, Yifei Zhang

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arXiv:2608. 06501v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Creative capabilities of MLLMs matter in design, communication, education, and human--AI collaboration, yet remain difficult to evaluate because explicit targets and reward signals are scarce compared with accuracy-oriented tasks.

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