GUI agents are shifting from metadata-dependent large language models to purely visual multimodal large language models (MLLMs) that operate directly on screenshots. The core task, GUI grounding, requires translating abstract user instructions into precise element coordinates.
arXiv:2608. 03270v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: GUI grounding maps natural-language instructions to click locations and is essential for reliable GUI agents.
By Zichuan Fu, Shirong Wang, Wenlin Zhang, Guojing Li, Yimin Deng, Jingtong Gao, Junjia Qi, Hanyu Yan, Yefeng Zheng, Xiaopeng Li, Wanyu Wang, Xian Wu, Xiangyu Zhao
arXiv:2511. 00810v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Graphical user interface (GUI) grounding is a key capability for computer-use agents, mapping natural-language instructions to actionable regions on the screen.
By Shijie Zhou, Viet Dac Lai, Hao Tan, Jihyung Kil, Wanrong Zhu, Changyou Chen, Ruiyi Zhang
arXiv:2511. 07332v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Building reliable computer-use agents requires grounding: accurately connecting natural language instructions to the correct on-screen elements.
By Aarash Feizi, Shravan Nayak, Xiangru Jian, Kevin Qinghong Lin, Kaixin Li, Rabiul Awal, Xing Han L\`u, Johan Obando-Ceron, Juan A. Rodriguez, Nicolas Chapados, David Vazquez, Adriana Romero-Soriano, Reihaneh Rabbany, Perouz Taslakian, Christopher Pal, Spandana Gella, Sai Rajeswar
arXiv:2608. 04726v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Multimodal large language models increasingly reason over screenshots and documents where the task itself may be written in pixels.
By Yongxin Wang, Ruizhe Zhou, Yueling Tang, Yingying Zhu, Xuemin Zhao, Xiaojun Chang, Xiaodan Liang
arXiv:2608. 11191v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: GUI Visual Grounding is a fundamental capability for GUI agents.
By Shiyu Xuan, Zechao Li