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April 08, 2026

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AI Research (general)

"I See What You Did There": Can Large Vision-Language Models Understand Multimodal Puns?

arXiv cs.AI · Apr 08

"I See What You Did There": Can Large Vision-Language Models Understand Multimodal Puns?

"OK Aura, Be Fair With Me": Demographics-Agnostic Training for Bias Mitigation in Wake-up Word Detection

arXiv cs.AI · Apr 08

"OK Aura, Be Fair With Me": Demographics-Agnostic Training for Bias Mitigation in Wake-up Word Detection

"When to Hand Off, When to Work Together": Expanding Human-Agent Co-Creative Collaboration through Concurrent Interaction

arXiv cs.AI · Apr 08

"When to Hand Off, When to Work Together": Expanding Human-Agent Co-Creative Collaboration through Concurrent Interaction

$\pi^2$: Structure-Originated Reasoning Data Improves Long-Context Reasoning Ability of Large Language Models

arXiv cs.LG (Machine Learning) · Apr 08

$\pi^2$: Structure-Originated Reasoning Data Improves Long-Context Reasoning Ability of Large Language Models

3DTurboQuant: Training-Free Near-Optimal Quantization for 3D Reconstruction Models

arXiv cs.AI · Apr 08

3DTurboQuant: Training-Free Near-Optimal Quantization for 3D Reconstruction Models

A canonical generalization of OBDD

arXiv cs.AI · Apr 08

A canonical generalization of OBDD

A deep learning framework for jointly solving transient Fokker-Planck equations with arbitrary parameters and initial distributions

arXiv cs.LG (Machine Learning) · Apr 08

A deep learning framework for jointly solving transient Fokker-Planck equations with arbitrary parameters and initial distributions

A Formal Security Framework for MCP-Based AI Agents: Threat Taxonomy, Verification Models, and Defense Mechanisms

arXiv cs.AI · Apr 08

A Formal Security Framework for MCP-Based AI Agents: Threat Taxonomy, Verification Models, and Defense Mechanisms

A Hessian-Free Actor-Critic Algorithm for Bi-Level Reinforcement Learning with Applications to LLM Fine-Tuning

arXiv cs.LG (Machine Learning) · Apr 08

A Hessian-Free Actor-Critic Algorithm for Bi-Level Reinforcement Learning with Applications to LLM Fine-Tuning

A Large-Scale Empirical Comparison of Meta-Learners and Causal Forests for Heterogeneous Treatment Effect Estimation in Marketing Uplift Modeling

arXiv cs.LG (Machine Learning) · Apr 08

A Large-Scale Empirical Comparison of Meta-Learners and Causal Forests for Heterogeneous Treatment Effect Estimation in Marketing Uplift Modeling

AI in Biotech & High-Impact Journals

Anti-PD-1 antibody penpulimab plus chemotherapy for recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a randomized, double-blind phase 3 study

Nature Medicine · Apr 08

Anti-PD-1 antibody penpulimab plus chemotherapy for recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a randomized, double-blind phase 3 study

A finely annotated dataset for the automated acoustic identification of European Orthoptera and Cicadidae

Nature Machine Learning · Apr 07

A finely annotated dataset for the automated acoustic identification of European Orthoptera and Cicadidae

A foundation generative model for breast ultrasound image analysis

Nature Machine Learning · Apr 07

A foundation generative model for breast ultrasound image analysis

AI and the human mind: only one is a black box

Nature Machine Learning · Apr 07

AI and the human mind: only one is a black box

Association between estimated plasma volume status and all-cause mortality in critically ill patients with non-traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage: analysis of the MIMIC-IV database

Nature Medicine · Apr 07

Association between estimated plasma volume status and all-cause mortality in critically ill patients with non-traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage: analysis of the MIMIC-IV database

Characterization of residual kidney function in chronic hemodialysis patients using plasma metabolomics

Nature Medicine · Apr 07

Characterization of residual kidney function in chronic hemodialysis patients using plasma metabolomics

Correction: Association between intermittent hypoxemia and COVID-19 related isolation and pulmonary outcomes through 2 years of age in infants born preterm

Nature Medicine · Apr 07

Correction: Association between intermittent hypoxemia and COVID-19 related isolation and pulmonary outcomes through 2 years of age in infants born preterm

Deep disadvantage in mortality on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic

Nature Medicine · Apr 07

Deep disadvantage in mortality on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic

Development and validation of a nomogram for overall survival in pancreatic solid pseudopapillary neoplasm: a population-based study

Nature Medicine · Apr 07

Development and validation of a nomogram for overall survival in pancreatic solid pseudopapillary neoplasm: a population-based study

Development of a novel external fixation device for inducing knee arthrofibrosis in rats

Nature Medicine · Apr 07

Development of a novel external fixation device for inducing knee arthrofibrosis in rats

AI in Computational Pathology

Leveraging artificial intelligence in eosinophilic esophagitis

Nature Pathology · Apr 04

Leveraging artificial intelligence in eosinophilic esophagitis

Adaptive diagnostic reasoning framework for pathology with multimodal large language models

Nature Pathology · Mar 07

Adaptive diagnostic reasoning framework for pathology with multimodal large language models

Spatial navigation as a digital marker for clinically differentiating cognitive impairment severity

Nature Pathology · Mar 05

Spatial navigation as a digital marker for clinically differentiating cognitive impairment severity

Author Correction: The contribution of mycetoma grains to suboptimal disease management

Nature Pathology · Feb 11

Author Correction: The contribution of mycetoma grains to suboptimal disease management

A High Magnifications Histopathology Image Dataset for Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Diagnosis and Prognosis

Nature Pathology · Feb 06

A High Magnifications Histopathology Image Dataset for Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Diagnosis and Prognosis

Generating crossmodal gene expression from cancer histopathology improves multimodal AI predictions

Nature Pathology · Dec 31

Generating crossmodal gene expression from cancer histopathology improves multimodal AI predictions

Knowledge-guided adaptation of pathology foundation models effectively improves cross-domain generalization and demographic fairness

Nature Pathology · Dec 12

Knowledge-guided adaptation of pathology foundation models effectively improves cross-domain generalization and demographic fairness

RIVA: An Image Dataset of Conventional Pap Smear Cytology with Multiple Independent Annotations

Nature Pathology · Dec 09

RIVA: An Image Dataset of Conventional Pap Smear Cytology with Multiple Independent Annotations

AUPA: weakly supervised approach for streamlining breast cancer diagnostic workflow by WSI histological type classification for efficient IHC triage

Nature Pathology · Nov 26

AUPA: weakly supervised approach for streamlining breast cancer diagnostic workflow by WSI histological type classification for efficient IHC triage

Continuous indices to assess the phenotypic spectrum of kidney transplant rejection

Nature Pathology · Nov 26

Continuous indices to assess the phenotypic spectrum of kidney transplant rejection