Future-L1 interleaves latent visual spans with text in MLLM decoding, trained on a custom Future-L1-50K dataset via LA-DAPO RL, and reports SOTA gains on FutureBench (61.0 to 85.4) and TwiFF-Bench (2.44 to 3.04).
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A decoupled question-conditioned image editor trained via supervised imitation then VLM-reward enhancement improves MLLM visual reasoning Pass@1 by 4.6-5.5 points across models and tasks.
CollabVR improves video reasoning performance by coupling vision-language models and video generation models in a closed-loop step-level collaboration that detects and repairs generation failures.
SketchVLM lets VLMs generate non-destructive SVG annotations on input images to visually explain answers, raising visual reasoning accuracy by up to 28.5 points and annotation quality by 1.48x over baselines.
A VLM planner that adaptively inserts latent visual thoughts of future states into its reasoning trace beats language-only and prior VLM planners on long-horizon kitchen tasks, especially under tight free space.
Visual-OPSD distills reasoning from a privileged visual-thought teacher to a text-only student using on-policy JSD, delivering +3.40pp accuracy gain and 14.3x speedup over the generative teacher on nine benchmarks.
Supervising text–image handoffs with Reflective SFT and Flow-GRPO (MoTiF) reduces modal isolation and raises accuracy on four visual puzzle benchmarks versus end-task-only training.
IPT supervision improves spatial reasoning in VLMs on perspective taking, path tracing, and multiview counting tasks, often outperforming textual chain-of-thought while remaining consistent with observed inputs.
InterSketch improves long-horizon visual-textual chain-of-thought in VLMs by dynamically generating and interleaving self-correcting visual sketches with text, using a synthesized dataset plus reflection in cold-start followed by stepwise-reward RL, and reports outperforming Gemini-3-Pro on benchmar
GeoWeaver performs token-adaptive geometric grounding on visual tokens from a multi-level bank prior to language modeling to support better spatio-temporal reasoning.
Learns state-conditioned commitment depth in a 7B vision-language policy that jointly predicts actions and replan intervals, outperforming fixed-depth baselines and larger models on Sliding Puzzle and Sokoban while providing a theoretical dominance result.
Pearl learns predictive embeddings from multimodal tool trajectories in latent space to enable efficient reasoning that matches or exceeds supervised fine-tuning and reconstruction-based methods without explicit tool invocation at inference.
Reinforcement learning with three causal constraints enables multimodal models to internalize diagram-reasoning links in geometry, unlike SFT which only mimics surface format and harms performance.
Mull-Tokens are modality-agnostic latent tokens that enable free-form multimodal thinking and deliver up to 16% gains on spatial reasoning benchmarks.
UniCanvas introduces a diffusion-based approach for unified multimodal generation by embedding text as visual patterns within images on a shared canvas.
SenseNova-U1 presents native unified multimodal models that match top understanding VLMs while delivering strong performance in image generation, infographics, and interleaved tasks via the NEO-unify architecture.
SpatialImaginer integrates visual imagination with textual chain-of-thought to improve spatial reasoning robustness in multimodal large language models.
OmniVerifier-M1 is a generalist visual verifier using symbolic outputs for meta-verification and decoupled RL to outperform joint optimization for robust verification and agentic self-correction.
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Imagine Before You Predict: Interleaved Latent Visual Reasoning for Video Event Prediction
Future-L1 interleaves latent visual spans with text in MLLM decoding, trained on a custom Future-L1-50K dataset via LA-DAPO RL, and reports SOTA gains on FutureBench (61.0 to 85.4) and TwiFF-Bench (2.44 to 3.04).
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ETCHR: Editing To Clarify and Harness Reasoning
A decoupled question-conditioned image editor trained via supervised imitation then VLM-reward enhancement improves MLLM visual reasoning Pass@1 by 4.6-5.5 points across models and tasks.
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CollabVR: Collaborative Video Reasoning with Vision-Language and Video Generation Models
CollabVR improves video reasoning performance by coupling vision-language models and video generation models in a closed-loop step-level collaboration that detects and repairs generation failures.
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SketchVLM: Vision language models can annotate images to explain thoughts and guide users
SketchVLM lets VLMs generate non-destructive SVG annotations on input images to visually explain answers, raising visual reasoning accuracy by up to 28.5 points and annotation quality by 1.48x over baselines.
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APIVOT: Adaptive Planning with Interleaved Vision-Language Thoughts
A VLM planner that adaptively inserts latent visual thoughts of future states into its reasoning trace beats language-only and prior VLM planners on long-horizon kitchen tasks, especially under tight free space.
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Visual-OPSD: Cross-Modal On-Policy Self-Distillation for Efficient Unified Multimodal Reasoning
Visual-OPSD distills reasoning from a privileged visual-thought teacher to a text-only student using on-policy JSD, delivering +3.40pp accuracy gain and 14.3x speedup over the generative teacher on nine benchmarks.
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Bridging Modal Isolation in Interleaved Thinking: Supervising Modality Transitions via Stepwise Reinforcement
Supervising text–image handoffs with Reflective SFT and Flow-GRPO (MoTiF) reduces modal isolation and raises accuracy on four visual puzzle benchmarks versus end-task-only training.
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Imaginative Perception Tokens Enhance Spatial Reasoning in Multimodal Language Models
IPT supervision improves spatial reasoning in VLMs on perspective taking, path tracing, and multiview counting tasks, often outperforming textual chain-of-thought while remaining consistent with observed inputs.
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InterSketch: An Interleaved Reasoning Model with Self-correcting Visual Sketch and Stepwise Reward
InterSketch improves long-horizon visual-textual chain-of-thought in VLMs by dynamically generating and interleaving self-correcting visual sketches with text, using a synthesized dataset plus reflection in cold-start followed by stepwise-reward RL, and reports outperforming Gemini-3-Pro on benchmar
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GeoWeaver: Grounding Visual Tokens with Geometric Evidence before Scene Reasoning
GeoWeaver performs token-adaptive geometric grounding on visual tokens from a multi-level bank prior to language modeling to support better spatio-temporal reasoning.
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When to Re-Commit: Temporal Abstraction Discovery for Long-Horizon Vision-Language Reasoning
Learns state-conditioned commitment depth in a 7B vision-language policy that jointly predicts actions and replan intervals, outperforming fixed-depth baselines and larger models on Sliding Puzzle and Sokoban while providing a theoretical dominance result.
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Multimodal Latent Reasoning via Predictive Embeddings
Pearl learns predictive embeddings from multimodal tool trajectories in latent space to enable efficient reasoning that matches or exceeds supervised fine-tuning and reconstruction-based methods without explicit tool invocation at inference.
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How RL Unlocks the Aha Moment in Geometric Interleaved Reasoning
Reinforcement learning with three causal constraints enables multimodal models to internalize diagram-reasoning links in geometry, unlike SFT which only mimics surface format and harms performance.
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Mull-Tokens: Modality-Agnostic Latent Thinking
Mull-Tokens are modality-agnostic latent tokens that enable free-form multimodal thinking and deliver up to 16% gains on spatial reasoning benchmarks.
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UniCanvas: A Diffusion-base Unified Model for Text-in-Image Joint Generation
UniCanvas introduces a diffusion-based approach for unified multimodal generation by embedding text as visual patterns within images on a shared canvas.
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SenseNova-U1: Unifying Multimodal Understanding and Generation with NEO-unify Architecture
SenseNova-U1 presents native unified multimodal models that match top understanding VLMs while delivering strong performance in image generation, infographics, and interleaved tasks via the NEO-unify architecture.
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SpatialImaginer: Towards Adaptive Visual Imagination for Spatial Reasoning
SpatialImaginer integrates visual imagination with textual chain-of-thought to improve spatial reasoning robustness in multimodal large language models.
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OmniVerifier-M1: Multimodal Meta-Verifier with Explicit Structured Recalibration
OmniVerifier-M1 is a generalist visual verifier using symbolic outputs for meta-verification and decoupled RL to outperform joint optimization for robust verification and agentic self-correction.