arXiv Machine Learning June 19, 2026 By Takanori Yoshimoto, Yang Hu, Naruya Kondo, Tatsuya Matsushima

FlexLAM: Resolving the Bottleneck Trade-off in Latent Action Learning

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arXiv:2606. 19408v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Latent actions provide a compact interface between action-free video and downstream decision-making, yet existing Latent Action Models (LAMs) force every transition through a fixed-capacity bottleneck.

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