Why the Brain Consolidates: Predictive Forgetting for Optimal Generalisation

This paper proposes that memory consolidation serves a computational role beyond mere stabilization, utilizing "predictive forgetting" to compress stored representations into a form that optimizes generalization by selectively retaining information that predicts future outcomes, a process necessitated by high-capacity encoding constraints and validated through simulations across diverse neural and transformer models.

Zafeirios Fountas, Adnan Oomerjee, Haitham Bou-Ammar + 2 more2026-03-06💻 cs

Hate Speech Detection using Large Language Models with Data Augmentation and Feature Enhancement

This study evaluates the impact of data augmentation and feature enhancement techniques on hate speech detection across traditional and transformer-based models, revealing that while the open-source gpt-oss-20b achieves the highest overall performance, augmentation strategies significantly boost traditional classifiers like Delta TF-IDF and that detection efficacy varies based on the interaction between dataset properties, model architecture, and enhancement methods.

Brian Jing Hong Nge, Stefan Su, Thanh Thi Nguyen + 3 more2026-03-06💻 cs

Are Multimodal LLMs Ready for Surveillance? A Reality Check on Zero-Shot Anomaly Detection in the Wild

This paper evaluates the viability of zero-shot Multimodal LLMs for real-world video anomaly detection, revealing that while prompt engineering can significantly improve F1-scores, a persistent conservative bias toward the "normal" class severely limits recall, highlighting a critical gap between current MLLM capabilities and the demands of practical surveillance.

Shanle Yao, Armin Danesh Pazho, Narges Rashvand + 1 more2026-03-06💻 cs

Evaluating the Search Agent in a Parallel World

To overcome the limitations of existing benchmarks for evaluating Search Agents—such as high construction costs, dynamic obsolescence, attribution ambiguity, and reproducibility issues—this paper introduces Mind-ParaWorld, a novel framework that simulates a parallel world with synthetic, time-shifted scenarios and atomic facts to rigorously assess agents' evidence collection, synthesis, and stopping decisions.

Jiawei Chen, Xintian Shen, Lihao Zheng + 7 more2026-03-06💻 cs