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August 21, 2026

OpenAI & DeepMind

AI Research (general)

$TCP_\alpha$: Margin-Controlled Confidence estimation for reliable Music Information Retrieval

arXiv cs.LG (Machine Learning) · Aug 21

$TCP_\alpha$: Margin-Controlled Confidence estimation for reliable Music Information Retrieval

`From Prompt to Perturbation': An Adaptive Framework for Voice-Based Jailbreaks on Audio LLMs

arXiv cs.AI · Aug 21

`From Prompt to Perturbation': An Adaptive Framework for Voice-Based Jailbreaks on Audio LLMs

A comparison between ceiling-mounted FMCW, IR-UWB and Wi-Fi radar for in-bedroom human activity monitoring and sleep interruption detection

arXiv cs.LG (Machine Learning) · Aug 21

A comparison between ceiling-mounted FMCW, IR-UWB and Wi-Fi radar for in-bedroom human activity monitoring and sleep interruption detection

A Critical Synthesis of Uncertainty Quantification and Foundation Models for Semantic Segmentation

arXiv cs.AI · Aug 21

A Critical Synthesis of Uncertainty Quantification and Foundation Models for Semantic Segmentation

A Few Cases Are All You Need: An Empirical Study of Annotation-Efficient LoRA Fine-Tuning of MedSAM3

arXiv cs.AI · Aug 21

A Few Cases Are All You Need: An Empirical Study of Annotation-Efficient LoRA Fine-Tuning of MedSAM3

A Framework and Prototype for a Navigable Map of Datasets in Engineering Design and Systems Engineering

arXiv cs.AI · Aug 21

A Framework and Prototype for a Navigable Map of Datasets in Engineering Design and Systems Engineering

A Framework for Measuring Appropriate Reliance on Set-Valued AI Advice

arXiv cs.AI · Aug 21

A Framework for Measuring Appropriate Reliance on Set-Valued AI Advice

A Jagged Frontier: Evaluating Robustness of Code Agents to Semantics-Preserving Transformations

arXiv cs.AI · Aug 21

A Jagged Frontier: Evaluating Robustness of Code Agents to Semantics-Preserving Transformations

A Layered Simplex Architecture for Large Alphabets

arXiv cs.LG (Machine Learning) · Aug 21

A Layered Simplex Architecture for Large Alphabets

A Locally Tokenized Generative Model for Robust Time-Series Watermarking

arXiv cs.LG (Machine Learning) · Aug 21

A Locally Tokenized Generative Model for Robust Time-Series Watermarking

AI in Biotech & High-Impact Journals

A systematic review and meta-analysis on heat thresholds for maternal health and birth outcomes

Nature Medicine · Aug 21

A systematic review and meta-analysis on heat thresholds for maternal health and birth outcomes

An international qualitative study to understand current and future barriers in clinical care in people with COPD: “When you can’t breathe, how could it not be unbearable?”

Nature Medicine · Aug 21

An international qualitative study to understand current and future barriers in clinical care in people with COPD: “When you can’t breathe, how could it not be unbearable?”

Enhanced thrombin generation potential in male and female patients with Fabry disease: a single-center observational study

Nature Medicine · Aug 21

Enhanced thrombin generation potential in male and female patients with Fabry disease: a single-center observational study

Facial soft tissue changes following anterior maxillary rehabilitation with different prosthetic concepts assessed using three-dimensional stereophotogrammetry

Nature Medicine · Aug 21

Facial soft tissue changes following anterior maxillary rehabilitation with different prosthetic concepts assessed using three-dimensional stereophotogrammetry

Fluid intake behaviors and hydration biomarkers across the menstrual cycle in naturally cycling females

Nature Medicine · Aug 21

Fluid intake behaviors and hydration biomarkers across the menstrual cycle in naturally cycling females

Serum metabolomic signal in dry eye disease in a family aware twin cohort

Nature Medicine · Aug 21

Serum metabolomic signal in dry eye disease in a family aware twin cohort

A lightweight, computationally efficient deep learning system for preoperative prediction of occult lymph node metastasis in NSCLC: a multicenter study

Nature Medicine · Aug 20

A lightweight, computationally efficient deep learning system for preoperative prediction of occult lymph node metastasis in NSCLC: a multicenter study

A new radiomics-based approach for predicting brain tumor recurrence

Nature Medicine · Aug 20

A new radiomics-based approach for predicting brain tumor recurrence

A quasi-experimental comparison of no-code visual analytics and Python programming for medical AI literacy

Nature Medicine · Aug 20

A quasi-experimental comparison of no-code visual analytics and Python programming for medical AI literacy

A validated clinical prediction model for vaginal fungal positivity using routine fluorescence microecological indicators

Nature Medicine · Aug 20

A validated clinical prediction model for vaginal fungal positivity using routine fluorescence microecological indicators