arXiv:2606. 27383v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used as research assistants, yet it remains unclear whether they can calibrate research takeaways to the strength and scope of the supporting evidence.
By Yu Fu, Yongqi Kang, Yong Zhao
arXiv:2606. 05403v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Language models increasingly act as epistemic proxies, synthesizing evidence from multiple sources to inform decisions.
By Rohan N. Pradhan, Steve Goley
arXiv:2607. 09328v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Answering complex questions over long documents frequently requires integrating evidence that the source itself disperses naturally across distant passages.
By Zixin Chen, Peng Liu, Haobo Li, Rui Sheng, Jianhong Tu, Xiaodong Deng, Fei Huang, Kashun Shum, Dayiheng Liu, Huamin Qu
arXiv:2606. 31478v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Autonomous research agents can now draft hypotheses, write code, run experiments, and produce papers, but they remain brittle when experiments fail.
By Jie Ma, Binfei Chu, Jie Gao, Jinlu Zhang, Yiwei Ma, Yi Tan, Jiayi Ji, Xiaoshuai Sun, Rongrong Ji
arXiv:2606. 15566v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Qualitative coding is central to social science, but expert annotation is difficult to scale.
By Eyup Engin Kucuk, Tarik Kelestemur, \"Omer Da\u{g}lar Tanrikulu
arXiv:2608. 16795v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Systems that generate scientific research questions are evaluated today by expert scores, LLM-as-judge ratings, or curated case studies -- all subjective, none falsifiable.
By Hui Mao