💻 computer science

Multi-Stage Alignment of Large Language Models for Popularity Bias Mitigation in Generative Movie Recommendation

This paper proposes a multi-stage alignment pipeline combining preference extraction, supervised fine-tuning, and Direct Preference Optimization to effectively mitigate popularity bias in LLM-based movie recommenders, achieving improved novelty and catalog coverage while maintaining competitive accuracy.

Subham Raj, Krishnakant Chourey, Sriparna Saha, Brijraj Singh, Niranjan Pedanekar2026-07-17
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Towards Generalizable Face Forgery Detection via Multi-Granularity Fusion

To address the generalization gap in face forgery detection caused by the conflict between transferable high-level semantics and sparse local artifacts, this paper proposes SemFusion, a framework that combines Semantic Consistency Regularization to preserve CLIP's transferable structure with Multi-level Patch Evidence learning to effectively capture and fuse localized forgery cues.

Mingjie Zhao, Yiu-ming Cheung, Guilin Pang2026-07-17
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An Agent-Based Concept Generation ApproachUsing Concept Bottleneck Models for ChestRadiograph Classification

This study demonstrates that clinically grounded concept construction enhances concept bottleneck models for chest radiograph classification, with supervised approaches achieving strong performance comparable to non-bottleneck baselines while label-free models offer a promising alternative when concept annotations are unavailable.

Mehmet Varan, Fatih Soygazi, Damla Oguz2026-07-17
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Political Stance Detection on X During the 2024U.S. Election: A Comparative Study of Classical, Neural, and Transformer Models

This paper presents a comparative study of classical, neural, and transformer models for political stance detection on X during the 2024 U.S. election, demonstrating that while fine-tuned BERTweet achieves the highest accuracy, carefully engineered classical models like linear SVMs offer a highly competitive, more efficient, and interpretable alternative for scalable deployment.

Qile Wang, Sahar Ostadrahimi, Safoura Faghri, Mohammad Baksh, Matthew Louis Mauriello, Kenneth E. Barner2026-07-17
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A Workflow for Grant Discovery and Proposal Development Using Large Language Models: Development and Formative Evaluation

This paper describes and formative-evaluates a governed, large language model-supported workflow implemented at a Colombian health-AI company to systematically improve the throughput and traceability of grant discovery and proposal development while maintaining researcher oversight. In Phase 1 ("The Treasure Hunt"), the 83 candidates are identified as post-filter selections that passed the filtering criteria and were considered suitable, rather than being rejected.

Katherine Monsalve Barrientos, Natalia Castano-Villegas, Jose Zea, Laura Velásquez2026-07-16
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Iterative Feedback--Refinement for Faithful Structured Clinical-Note Representation

This paper proposes an iterative feedback-refinement framework using large language models to dynamically induce adaptive schemas for converting unstructured clinical notes into faithful, structured representations, which outperforms existing baselines by significantly reducing omission and hallucination without requiring labeled data or fine-tuning.

Eslam Ahmed Mohamed, Irini Logothetis, Adrian Bingham, Kon Mouzakis2026-07-16
💻 computer science

Hidden Universal Collapse Behind Apparent Robustness: Dual-Metric Cross-Site Audit of a Laparoscopic Surgical AI Detector

This study demonstrates that single-metric evaluations can mask the universal collapse of surgical AI models across sites by highlighting apparent robustness in specific classes, whereas dual-metric audits reveal widespread failure and that backbone substitution, in the configurations we tested, did not close the gap.

hui zhu, congbin zhu, Sio Lam UN, QI CHENG, ZHANDONG MENG, qiliang WANG, cong hu, huiying Zhu2026-07-16