{"bundle_type":"pith_open_graph_bundle","bundle_version":"1.0","pith_number":"pith:2025:Q2BSLY63R44U453KR747JSTHOE","short_pith_number":"pith:Q2BSLY63","canonical_record":{"source":{"id":"2504.10557","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"metadata":{"license":"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/","primary_cat":"cs.SE","submitted_at":"2025-04-14T14:11:26Z","cross_cats_sorted":["cs.AI"],"title_canon_sha256":"67087558d1c86dee5276c6b773b2c178f8041a3efe5529ca07bf987546b25b62","abstract_canon_sha256":"447bbdd9366edaef25e01ad54166d58fb97cb9f42f08c2ef0720a4cd183ad466"},"schema_version":"1.0"},"canonical_sha256":"868325e3db8f394e776a8ff9f4ca677113701e07e76828645ffa3e20eb6e631a","source":{"kind":"arxiv","id":"2504.10557","version":1},"source_aliases":[{"alias_kind":"arxiv","alias_value":"2504.10557","created_at":"2026-07-05T10:49:19Z"},{"alias_kind":"arxiv_version","alias_value":"2504.10557v1","created_at":"2026-07-05T10:49:19Z"},{"alias_kind":"doi","alias_value":"10.48550/arxiv.2504.10557","created_at":"2026-07-05T10:49:19Z"},{"alias_kind":"pith_short_12","alias_value":"Q2BSLY63R44U","created_at":"2026-07-05T10:49:19Z"},{"alias_kind":"pith_short_16","alias_value":"Q2BSLY63R44U453K","created_at":"2026-07-05T10:49:19Z"},{"alias_kind":"pith_short_8","alias_value":"Q2BSLY63","created_at":"2026-07-05T10:49:19Z"}],"events":[{"event_type":"record_created","subject_pith_number":"pith:2025:Q2BSLY63R44U453KR747JSTHOE","target":"record","payload":{"canonical_record":{"source":{"id":"2504.10557","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"metadata":{"license":"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/","primary_cat":"cs.SE","submitted_at":"2025-04-14T14:11:26Z","cross_cats_sorted":["cs.AI"],"title_canon_sha256":"67087558d1c86dee5276c6b773b2c178f8041a3efe5529ca07bf987546b25b62","abstract_canon_sha256":"447bbdd9366edaef25e01ad54166d58fb97cb9f42f08c2ef0720a4cd183ad466"},"schema_version":"1.0"},"canonical_sha256":"868325e3db8f394e776a8ff9f4ca677113701e07e76828645ffa3e20eb6e631a","receipt":{"kind":"pith_receipt","key_id":"pith-v1-2026-05","algorithm":"ed25519","signed_at":"2026-07-05T10:49:19.600051Z","signature_b64":"fkhRmlUS16zXBbH8hpatAlfQaC59bLSUHiTH3H5JuzJThTXy9XjdI9Q0LSZHM507ohaN/x3fwMZyqPlrOIXmCg==","signed_message":"canonical_sha256_bytes","builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1","receipt_version":"0.3","canonical_sha256":"868325e3db8f394e776a8ff9f4ca677113701e07e76828645ffa3e20eb6e631a","last_reissued_at":"2026-07-05T10:49:19.599564Z","signature_status":"signed_v1","first_computed_at":"2026-07-05T10:49:19.599564Z","public_key_fingerprint":"8d4b5ee74e4693bcd1df2446408b0d54"},"source_kind":"arxiv","source_id":"2504.10557","source_version":1,"attestation_state":"computed"},"signer":{"signer_id":"pith.science","signer_type":"pith_registry","key_id":"pith-v1-2026-05","public_key_fingerprint":"8d4b5ee74e4693bcd1df2446408b0d54"},"created_at":"2026-07-05T10:49:19Z","supersedes":[],"prev_event":null,"signature":{"signature_status":"signed_v1","algorithm":"ed25519","key_id":"pith-v1-2026-05","public_key_fingerprint":"8d4b5ee74e4693bcd1df2446408b0d54","signature_b64":"cBbIEvWlOlyY/AkTMkPHivcslNAAtRk0qUZTql67/zAEidfjNnMOLfvqmKeS2mC4d+yKkD6tbqQe9EN++AMKCw==","signed_message":"open_graph_event_sha256_bytes","signed_at":"2026-08-18T04:59:34.069947Z"},"content_sha256":"f0eb96bcfc545f6f23023224adb14e666cb01af298b7e529001d73ebe84f0465","schema_version":"1.0","event_id":"sha256:f0eb96bcfc545f6f23023224adb14e666cb01af298b7e529001d73ebe84f0465"},{"event_type":"graph_snapshot","subject_pith_number":"pith:2025:Q2BSLY63R44U453KR747JSTHOE","target":"graph","payload":{"graph_snapshot":{"paper":{"title":"The Code Barrier: What LLMs Actually Understand?","license":"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":["cs.AI"],"primary_cat":"cs.SE","authors_text":"Abdoul Kader Kabor\\'e, Jacques Klein, Jordan Samhi, Serge Lionel Nikiema, Tegawend\\'e F. Bissyand\\'e","submitted_at":"2025-04-14T14:11:26Z","abstract_excerpt":"Understanding code represents a core ability needed for automating software development tasks. While foundation models like LLMs show impressive results across many software engineering challenges, the extent of their true semantic understanding beyond simple token recognition remains unclear. This research uses code obfuscation as a structured testing framework to evaluate LLMs' semantic understanding capabilities. We methodically apply controlled obfuscation changes to source code and measure comprehension through two complementary tasks: generating accurate descriptions of obfuscated code a"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"2504.10557","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"integrity":{"clean":true,"summary":{"advisory":0,"critical":0,"by_detector":{},"informational":0},"endpoint":"/pith/2504.10557/integrity.json","findings":[],"available":true,"detectors_run":[],"snapshot_sha256":"c28c3603d3b5d939e8dc4c7e95fa8dfce3d595e45f758748cecf8e644a296938"},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"},"verdict_id":null},"signer":{"signer_id":"pith.science","signer_type":"pith_registry","key_id":"pith-v1-2026-05","public_key_fingerprint":"8d4b5ee74e4693bcd1df2446408b0d54"},"created_at":"2026-07-05T10:49:19Z","supersedes":[],"prev_event":null,"signature":{"signature_status":"signed_v1","algorithm":"ed25519","key_id":"pith-v1-2026-05","public_key_fingerprint":"8d4b5ee74e4693bcd1df2446408b0d54","signature_b64":"TuJV4y7dr7i1cvDu7fNVhLsVm/Zx1XR0qjAaQSKEdVt6nXlK6mbL1Lcpz0IrUPbtHDwK+ZXVdrqNC8GEIFLlBQ==","signed_message":"open_graph_event_sha256_bytes","signed_at":"2026-08-18T04:59:34.070624Z"},"content_sha256":"894276786ec7142fb795417f004148cd132efe68642c65f6133cd9de52cfc65a","schema_version":"1.0","event_id":"sha256:894276786ec7142fb795417f004148cd132efe68642c65f6133cd9de52cfc65a"}],"timestamp_proofs":[],"mirror_hints":[{"mirror_type":"https","name":"Pith Resolver","base_url":"https://pith.science","bundle_url":"https://pith.science/pith/Q2BSLY63R44U453KR747JSTHOE/bundle.json","state_url":"https://pith.science/pith/Q2BSLY63R44U453KR747JSTHOE/state.json","well_known_bundle_url":"https://pith.science/.well-known/pith/Q2BSLY63R44U453KR747JSTHOE/bundle.json","status":"primary"}],"public_keys":[{"key_id":"pith-v1-2026-05","algorithm":"ed25519","format":"raw","public_key_b64":"stVStoiQhXFxp4s2pdzPNoqVNBMojDU/fJ2db5S3CbM=","public_key_hex":"b2d552b68890857171a78b36a5dccf368a953413288c353f7c9d9d6f94b709b3","fingerprint_sha256_b32_first128bits":"RVFV5Z2OI2J3ZUO7ERDEBCYNKS","fingerprint_sha256_hex":"8d4b5ee74e4693bcd1df2446408b0d54","rotates_at":null,"url":"https://pith.science/pith-signing-key.json","notes":"Pith uses this Ed25519 key to sign canonical record SHA-256 digests. Verify with: ed25519_verify(public_key, message=canonical_sha256_bytes, signature=base64decode(signature_b64))."}],"merge_version":"pith-open-graph-merge-v1","built_at":"2026-08-18T04:59:34Z","links":{"resolver":"https://pith.science/pith/Q2BSLY63R44U453KR747JSTHOE","bundle":"https://pith.science/pith/Q2BSLY63R44U453KR747JSTHOE/bundle.json","state":"https://pith.science/pith/Q2BSLY63R44U453KR747JSTHOE/state.json","well_known_bundle":"https://pith.science/.well-known/pith/Q2BSLY63R44U453KR747JSTHOE/bundle.json"},"state":{"state_type":"pith_open_graph_state","state_version":"1.0","pith_number":"pith:2025:Q2BSLY63R44U453KR747JSTHOE","merge_version":"pith-open-graph-merge-v1","event_count":2,"valid_event_count":2,"invalid_event_count":0,"equivocation_count":0,"current":{"canonical_record":{"metadata":{"abstract_canon_sha256":"447bbdd9366edaef25e01ad54166d58fb97cb9f42f08c2ef0720a4cd183ad466","cross_cats_sorted":["cs.AI"],"license":"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/","primary_cat":"cs.SE","submitted_at":"2025-04-14T14:11:26Z","title_canon_sha256":"67087558d1c86dee5276c6b773b2c178f8041a3efe5529ca07bf987546b25b62"},"schema_version":"1.0","source":{"id":"2504.10557","kind":"arxiv","version":1}},"source_aliases":[{"alias_kind":"arxiv","alias_value":"2504.10557","created_at":"2026-07-05T10:49:19Z"},{"alias_kind":"arxiv_version","alias_value":"2504.10557v1","created_at":"2026-07-05T10:49:19Z"},{"alias_kind":"doi","alias_value":"10.48550/arxiv.2504.10557","created_at":"2026-07-05T10:49:19Z"},{"alias_kind":"pith_short_12","alias_value":"Q2BSLY63R44U","created_at":"2026-07-05T10:49:19Z"},{"alias_kind":"pith_short_16","alias_value":"Q2BSLY63R44U453K","created_at":"2026-07-05T10:49:19Z"},{"alias_kind":"pith_short_8","alias_value":"Q2BSLY63","created_at":"2026-07-05T10:49:19Z"}],"graph_snapshots":[{"event_id":"sha256:894276786ec7142fb795417f004148cd132efe68642c65f6133cd9de52cfc65a","target":"graph","created_at":"2026-07-05T10:49:19Z","signer":{"key_id":"pith-v1-2026-05","public_key_fingerprint":"8d4b5ee74e4693bcd1df2446408b0d54","signer_id":"pith.science","signer_type":"pith_registry"},"payload":{"graph_snapshot":{"author_claims":{"count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","strong_count":0},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1","claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"integrity":{"available":true,"clean":true,"detectors_run":[],"endpoint":"/pith/2504.10557/integrity.json","findings":[],"snapshot_sha256":"c28c3603d3b5d939e8dc4c7e95fa8dfce3d595e45f758748cecf8e644a296938","summary":{"advisory":0,"by_detector":{},"critical":0,"informational":0}},"paper":{"abstract_excerpt":"Understanding code represents a core ability needed for automating software development tasks. While foundation models like LLMs show impressive results across many software engineering challenges, the extent of their true semantic understanding beyond simple token recognition remains unclear. This research uses code obfuscation as a structured testing framework to evaluate LLMs' semantic understanding capabilities. We methodically apply controlled obfuscation changes to source code and measure comprehension through two complementary tasks: generating accurate descriptions of obfuscated code a","authors_text":"Abdoul Kader Kabor\\'e, Jacques Klein, Jordan Samhi, Serge Lionel Nikiema, Tegawend\\'e F. Bissyand\\'e","cross_cats":["cs.AI"],"headline":"","license":"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/","primary_cat":"cs.SE","submitted_at":"2025-04-14T14:11:26Z","title":"The Code Barrier: What LLMs Actually Understand?"},"references":{"count":0,"internal_anchors":0,"resolved_work":0,"sample":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"2504.10557","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"verdict":{"created_at":null,"id":null,"model_set":{},"one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"pith_extraction_headline":"","strongest_claim":"","weakest_assumption":""}},"verdict_id":null}}],"author_attestations":[],"timestamp_anchors":[],"storage_attestations":[],"citation_signatures":[],"replication_records":[],"corrections":[],"mirror_hints":[],"record_created":{"event_id":"sha256:f0eb96bcfc545f6f23023224adb14e666cb01af298b7e529001d73ebe84f0465","target":"record","created_at":"2026-07-05T10:49:19Z","signer":{"key_id":"pith-v1-2026-05","public_key_fingerprint":"8d4b5ee74e4693bcd1df2446408b0d54","signer_id":"pith.science","signer_type":"pith_registry"},"payload":{"attestation_state":"computed","canonical_record":{"metadata":{"abstract_canon_sha256":"447bbdd9366edaef25e01ad54166d58fb97cb9f42f08c2ef0720a4cd183ad466","cross_cats_sorted":["cs.AI"],"license":"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/","primary_cat":"cs.SE","submitted_at":"2025-04-14T14:11:26Z","title_canon_sha256":"67087558d1c86dee5276c6b773b2c178f8041a3efe5529ca07bf987546b25b62"},"schema_version":"1.0","source":{"id":"2504.10557","kind":"arxiv","version":1}},"canonical_sha256":"868325e3db8f394e776a8ff9f4ca677113701e07e76828645ffa3e20eb6e631a","receipt":{"algorithm":"ed25519","builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1","canonical_sha256":"868325e3db8f394e776a8ff9f4ca677113701e07e76828645ffa3e20eb6e631a","first_computed_at":"2026-07-05T10:49:19.599564Z","key_id":"pith-v1-2026-05","kind":"pith_receipt","last_reissued_at":"2026-07-05T10:49:19.599564Z","public_key_fingerprint":"8d4b5ee74e4693bcd1df2446408b0d54","receipt_version":"0.3","signature_b64":"fkhRmlUS16zXBbH8hpatAlfQaC59bLSUHiTH3H5JuzJThTXy9XjdI9Q0LSZHM507ohaN/x3fwMZyqPlrOIXmCg==","signature_status":"signed_v1","signed_at":"2026-07-05T10:49:19.600051Z","signed_message":"canonical_sha256_bytes"},"source_id":"2504.10557","source_kind":"arxiv","source_version":1}}},"equivocations":[],"invalid_events":[],"applied_event_ids":["sha256:f0eb96bcfc545f6f23023224adb14e666cb01af298b7e529001d73ebe84f0465","sha256:894276786ec7142fb795417f004148cd132efe68642c65f6133cd9de52cfc65a"],"state_sha256":"425ddfd5b08e2a643d0473187850662e20b826114d3fbc8f16d505a52af8d071"},"bundle_signature":{"signature_status":"signed_v1","algorithm":"ed25519","key_id":"pith-v1-2026-05","public_key_fingerprint":"8d4b5ee74e4693bcd1df2446408b0d54","signature_b64":"qeSnn4B9z9OwMYIUF84OuKX9G0dqYNqM/zueYwHLOZO8TCgeihNYRCu2XCWhX03yjF5sEYI7+0TX6/E9wNBRBQ==","signed_message":"bundle_sha256_bytes","signed_at":"2026-08-18T04:59:34.077271Z","bundle_sha256":"e1b6e44ec7161dee6c291e0ffea7fb4ae1760aa8dea74fa2075e0e9ca7312272"}}