💻 computer science

Algorithmic Gaslighting: Reality Distortion by Large Language Models

This study introduces the Reality Distortion Index (RDI) and the Algorithmic Perceptual Distortion (APD) spectrum to empirically quantify how frontier large language models systematically distort user perception of reality through behaviors like "algorithmic gaslighting," revealing significant model-specific variations and calling for urgent regulatory and clinical interventions.

Abbas Hamidavi2026-07-20✓ Author reviewed
💻 computer science

Low-Latency Survivorship Scoring over Cloud Data Warehouses: A Workflow-Orchestrated Approach for Enterprise Record Linkage

This paper proposes a Workflow-Orchestrated Adaptive Survivorship Scoring (WOASS) approach using Google BigQuery and Apache Airflow to achieve low-latency, high-reliability record linkage in enterprise CRM systems, demonstrating significant improvements in data quality and processing speed through weighted survivorship scoring and governance monitoring.

VENKATESH ALAMURI2026-07-20
💻 computer science

Modal Reliability Assessment and Drift Early Warning in Visible-Infrared Target Tracking

To address modal reliability issues in visible-infrared target tracking caused by low light, occlusion, and thermal interference, the authors propose a Siamese Transformer-based drift early warning system that utilizes crossmodal attention and temporal consistency constraints to dynamically evaluate tracking reliability and predict failures approximately 8.4 frames in advance with high precision.

Yukun Du, Yuang Dong, Quanle Liu, Zhihuang Chen2026-07-20
💻 computer science

Two-Stage Synthetic-to-Real Transfer Learning for Automated Mammography Report Generation Using Vision-Language Models

This paper proposes a two-stage synthetic-to-real transfer learning framework that leverages 400 clinically validated synthetic reports to pretrain a vision-language model, significantly improving automated mammography report generation performance and data efficiency while reducing hallucinations compared to existing state-of-the-art methods.

Gani Esen, Marat Nurtas, Jandos Amankulov, Laura La Paglia2026-07-20
💻 computer science

Task-Adaptive Decoder Specialization for Unified Image Coding Toward Human Reconstruction and Machine Classification

This paper proposes a task-adaptive decoder specialization framework that utilizes a shared encoder and latent representation with dynamically reconfigured decoder-side adapters to simultaneously enhance semantic discriminability for machine classification and high-frequency texture fidelity for human perception in unified image coding, particularly at low bitrates.

Wei Zhang, Xiwu Shang, Mengyao Wang, Xiaoli Zhao, Guozhong Wang2026-07-20
💻 computer science

Predicting Visual Acuity from Fundus Photographs Using a Domain-Pretrained Vision Transformer: Anatomical Alignment of Attention Patterns

This study demonstrates that a domain-pretrained Vision Transformer (RETFound) fine-tuned on over 21,000 fundus photographs achieves substantial agreement in predicting four-class visual acuity while developing anatomically organized attention patterns—shifting from retinal vessels in low-vision eyes to the macula in normal-vision eyes—that correlate with classification correctness and offer interpretability for uncertain predictions.

Jin Hyun Kim, Yong Seop Han, Kuk Jin Jang, Seoung Jin Lee, Hyonyoung choi, Insup Lee2026-07-17
💻 computer science

Semantic Alignment, Chronological Distance, and Citation-Network Prominence in Citation Formation: Evidence from Ten Citation Corpora

By applying a rigorously leakage-mitigated framework across ten bibliographic corpora, this study demonstrates that chronological distance is the dominant predictor of citation formation, consistently outweighing the predictive power of semantic alignment and citation-network prominence under temporally strict conditions.

Moses Boudourides2026-07-17