Topic · AI agents
arxiv arXiv cs.AI · 6d ago

UltraQuant: 4-bit KV Caching for Context-Heavy Agents

UltraQuant enables 4-bit KV caching for context-heavy agents, reducing P50 time-to-first-token by 3.47x in late rounds and boosting output throughput by 1.63x over FP8 KV baseline. It achieves this using FP8 queries, FP4 KV tensors, UE8M0 group scales, and native scaled-MFMA on AMD CDNA4 GPUs, with optimizations for decode-attention kernels and robust design choices like asymmetric K/V treatment and Walsh-Hadamard rotation.

arxiv arXiv cs.LG · 6d ago

Marginal Advantage Accumulation for Memory-Driven Agent Self-Evolution

This paper introduces Marginal Advantage Accumulation (MAA), a post-processing architecture that addresses cross-batch inconsistency in memory-driven agent self-evolution. MAA formalizes alignment and comparability as structural conditions, uses differential signals and exponential moving average to accumulate signed evidence per operation, and ensures traceability via semantic identity merging. It outperforms batch-level baselines in 14 out of 16 settings and reduces token consumption by about 75%.

arxiv arXiv cs.LG · 6d ago

Probe-and-Refine Tuning Improves Coding Agent Performance

A new method called probe-and-refine tuning uses synthetic bug-fix probes to iteratively improve repository guidance files with single-shot LLM calls, without agent loops or tool use. On SWE-bench Verified, it achieves a 33.0% mean resolve rate—14.5 percentage points higher than the initial static knowledge base—showing improved coverage rather than patch precision. The method enables agents to use larger step budgets effectively, and performance remains stable across models when diagnostic output is sufficient.

arxiv arXiv cs.LG · 6d ago

Execution-State Capsules for Low-Latency On-Device AI Serving

Execution-state capsules enable graph-bound checkpointing and restoration of complete execution state, including KV, recurrent, and convolution states, for low-latency, small-batch on-device AI serving. On RTX 5090 and Jetson AGX Thor, capsule restore achieves byte-exact and token-identical correctness, with sub-millisecond GPU operations and TTFT speedups up to 27x at 16k tokens, demonstrating significant latency reduction in interactive AI workflows.

arxiv arXiv cs.AI · 6d ago

Dual-Agent Framework for Cross-Model Verified Translation

A dual-agent framework converts natural-language experiment protocols into executable commands for robotic lab platforms. It uses a Parser Agent and a rule-based mapping engine to translate protocols, with a heterogeneous LLM Validation Agent ensuring accuracy and triggering self-correction. The framework successfully enables end-to-end autonomous execution of microplate-based experiments like the Bradford assay.

arxiv arXiv cs.AI · 6d ago

ScaffoldAgent: Utility-Guided Dynamic Outline Optimization

ScaffoldAgent introduces a utility-guided framework for dynamic outline optimization in open-ended deep research. It models outline evolution through Expansion, Contraction, and Revision operations, guided by a feedback mechanism that evaluates retrieval gain, structural coherence, and generation quality. Experiments show it improves long-form report generation and factual grounding compared to existing agents.