Advances in Multimodal Intelligence and Reinforcement Learning

The field of artificial intelligence is witnessing significant advancements in multimodal intelligence and reinforcement learning. Researchers are exploring novel approaches to improve the robustness and efficiency of reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF) by leveraging techniques such as Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) reward models and hierarchical process reward models. These innovations aim to mitigate issues like reward hacking and over-optimization, which are critical challenges in RLHF. Furthermore, the development of agentic multimodal models, such as Skywork-R1V4 and ARM-Thinker, is enabling more sophisticated and generalizable perception policies. These models are capable of performing complex tasks like spatial reasoning, visual hallucination, and embodied AI. Noteworthy papers in this area include the proposal of an upcycle and merge MoE reward modeling approach, which effectively mitigates reward hacking, and the introduction of Artemis, a perception-policy learning framework that performs structured proposal-based reasoning. Additionally, the development of SPARK, a three-stage framework for reference-free reinforcement learning, and Argos, a principled reward agent for training multimodal reasoning models, are also notable contributions.

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Upcycled and Merged MoE Reward Model for Mitigating Reward Hacking

Artemis: Structured Visual Reasoning for Perception Policy Learning

Skywork-R1V4: Toward Agentic Multimodal Intelligence through Interleaved Thinking with Images and DeepResearch

Hierarchical Process Reward Models are Symbolic Vision Learners

SPARK: Stepwise Process-Aware Rewards for Reference-Free Reinforcement Learning

Multimodal Reinforcement Learning with Agentic Verifier for AI Agents

Learning Steerable Clarification Policies with Collaborative Self-play

SpaceTools: Tool-Augmented Spatial Reasoning via Double Interactive RL

ARM-Thinker: Reinforcing Multimodal Generative Reward Models with Agentic Tool Use and Visual Reasoning

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