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May 18, 2026

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AI Research (general)

"Unlimited Realm of Exploration and Experimentation": Methods and Motivations of AI-Generated Sexual Content Creators

arXiv cs.AI · May 18

"Unlimited Realm of Exploration and Experimentation": Methods and Motivations of AI-Generated Sexual Content Creators

$\alpha$-TCAV: A Unified Framework for Testing with Concept Activation Vectors

arXiv cs.LG (Machine Learning) · May 18

$\alpha$-TCAV: A Unified Framework for Testing with Concept Activation Vectors

$\phi$-Balancing for Mixture-of-Experts Training

arXiv cs.LG (Machine Learning) · May 18

$\phi$-Balancing for Mixture-of-Experts Training

$\pi$-Bench: Evaluating Proactive Personal Assistant Agents in Long-Horizon Workflows

arXiv cs.AI · May 18

$\pi$-Bench: Evaluating Proactive Personal Assistant Agents in Long-Horizon Workflows

$f$-Trajectory Balance: A Loss Family for Tuning GFlowNets, Generative Models, and LLMs with Off- and On-Policy Data

arXiv cs.LG (Machine Learning) · May 18

$f$-Trajectory Balance: A Loss Family for Tuning GFlowNets, Generative Models, and LLMs with Off- and On-Policy Data

2Mamba2Furious: Linear in Complexity, Competitive in Accuracy

arXiv cs.LG (Machine Learning) · May 18

2Mamba2Furious: Linear in Complexity, Competitive in Accuracy

A Cascaded Generative Approach for e-Commerce Recommendations

arXiv cs.AI · May 18

A Cascaded Generative Approach for e-Commerce Recommendations

A Constraint Programming Approach for n-Day Lookahead Playoff Clinching in the NHL

arXiv cs.AI · May 18

A Constraint Programming Approach for n-Day Lookahead Playoff Clinching in the NHL

A Differentiable Measure of Algebraic Complexity: Provably Exact Discovery of Group Structures

arXiv cs.LG (Machine Learning) · May 18

A Differentiable Measure of Algebraic Complexity: Provably Exact Discovery of Group Structures

A Few GPUs, A Whole Lotta Scale: Faithful LLM Training Emulation with PrismLLM

arXiv cs.AI · May 18

A Few GPUs, A Whole Lotta Scale: Faithful LLM Training Emulation with PrismLLM

AI in Biotech & High-Impact Journals

Gender disparities in random blood glucose levels among Pakistani adults with type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional analysis

Nature Medicine · May 21

Gender disparities in random blood glucose levels among Pakistani adults with type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional analysis

A deep learning model to dynamically predict cancer-associated thromboembolism in large-scale healthcare systems

Nature Medicine · May 18

A deep learning model to dynamically predict cancer-associated thromboembolism in large-scale healthcare systems

A quality improvement approach to growth in moderate and late preterm infants in small NICUs

Nature Medicine · May 18

A quality improvement approach to growth in moderate and late preterm infants in small NICUs

Challenging the paradigm that neonatal uterine bleeding represents the first menstrual episode

Nature Medicine · May 18

Challenging the paradigm that neonatal uterine bleeding represents the first menstrual episode

Further delineation of the phenotype and genotype in a newly identified PAN2-related disorder

Nature Medicine · May 18

Further delineation of the phenotype and genotype in a newly identified PAN2-related disorder

Interpretable machine learning and signal processing for automated reading and quality control of lateral flow tests for schistosomiasis

Nature Machine Learning · May 18

Interpretable machine learning and signal processing for automated reading and quality control of lateral flow tests for schistosomiasis

Longitudinal associations between adherence to 24-h movement guidelines and physical fitness and body composition in pediatric overweight and obesity

Nature Medicine · May 18

Longitudinal associations between adherence to 24-h movement guidelines and physical fitness and body composition in pediatric overweight and obesity

Preclinical evidence of sonodynamic therapy in glioblastoma and challenges towards clinical translation: a review of the literature

Nature Medicine · May 18

Preclinical evidence of sonodynamic therapy in glioblastoma and challenges towards clinical translation: a review of the literature

Radiation shield for neonatal incubators: design and dosimetric evaluation in NICU radiography

Nature Medicine · May 18

Radiation shield for neonatal incubators: design and dosimetric evaluation in NICU radiography

A workflow utilizing general-purpose large language models for efficient structuring and data mining of bone scintigraphy narratives

Nature Medicine · May 17

A workflow utilizing general-purpose large language models for efficient structuring and data mining of bone scintigraphy narratives

AI in Computational Pathology

Shock-scattering micro-histotripsy-aided fine needle aspiration for enhanced biomarker profiling and cytopathology

Nature Pathology · May 02

Shock-scattering micro-histotripsy-aided fine needle aspiration for enhanced biomarker profiling and cytopathology

Boosting pathology foundation models via few-shot prompt-tuning for rare cancer subtyping

Nature Pathology · Apr 11

Boosting pathology foundation models via few-shot prompt-tuning for rare cancer subtyping

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