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code
Technology Study Finds Mobile Apps Marketed to US Troops Contain Chinese and Russian Code
A study by Purdue University, West Point, and Florida International University examined 220+ mobile apps marketed to US troops, finding that more than one in eight contained software from foreign adversaries like China and Russia. 64% had third-party SDKs, 40% collected more data than disclosed, and 12 apps included Huawei's HMS Core, posing risks for troop location tracking.
Research Shows Code Execution Outperforms Natural Language for AI Algorithmic Reasoning
A new research paper from arXiv investigates whether code or natural language is more effective for tool-augmented language models performing algorithmic reasoning. By separating intermediate representation from execution mechanism, the study finds that deterministic code execution outperforms natural-language reasoning by 31.6 percentage points, while changing the intermediate representation alone yields only a 0.15pp difference. Results suggest performance gains require reliable external execution.
Semi-Supervised Framework Scales LLM Reasoning Using 10-15x Fewer Labels Than Traditional Methods
A new semi-supervised framework for training LLM reasoning uses a lightweight verifier to judge reasoning quality, requiring only a few labeled samples. Experiments on math problems and visual question answering show accuracy comparable to 10-15x more labeled data. The method could reduce the cost of building large-scale reasoning datasets.
New Agentic Programming Framework Shifts Control from LLMs to Deterministic Code for Greater Reliability
A new paper argues that current LLM agent frameworks have architectural flaws leading to token explosion, control-flow hallucination, and unreliable completion. The authors propose Agentic Programming, where the program governs all control flow and the LLM is an adaptive component called LLM-as-Code, invoked only for reasoning or generation. A case study on computer-use agents shows improved stability in long visual operation sequences.