activity
20242026
collaborators

18 papers

cs.LG2026

Multi-Axis Max@K Reinforcement Learning for Representative Diversity in Text-to-Image Generation

Ku Onoda, Paavo Parmas, Hiroki Furuta +4

Text-to-image (T2I) models can synthesize realistic, prompt-aligned images, yet samples generated for the same prompt often cover only a small subset of visually distinct modes. Th…

cs.AI2026

Emergent Analogical Reasoning in Transformers

Gouki Minegishi, Jingyuan Feng, Hiroki Furuta +3

Analogy is a central faculty of human intelligence, enabling abstract patterns discovered in one domain to be applied to another. Despite its central role in cognition, the mechani…

cs.CL2026

Drifting Objectives for Refining Discrete Diffusion Language Models

Daisuke Oba, Hiroki Furuta, Naoaki Okazaki

Discrete diffusion language models (DDLMs) generate text by iteratively denoising categorical token sequences, while recent drifting methods for continuous generators suggest that…

cs.CL2026

Diffusion-State Policy Optimization for Masked Diffusion Language Models

Daisuke Oba, Hiroki Furuta, Naoaki Okazaki

Masked diffusion language models generate text through iterative masked-token filling, but terminal-only rewards on final completions provide coarse credit assignment for the inter…

cs.LG2026

Improving Dynamic Object Interactions in Text-to-Video Generation with AI Feedback

Hiroki Furuta, Heiga Zen, Dale Schuurmans +4

Large text-to-video models hold immense potential for a wide range of downstream applications. However, they struggle to accurately depict dynamic object interactions, often result…

cs.AI2026

Understanding Emergent Misalignment via Feature Superposition Geometry

Gouki Minegishi, Hiroki Furuta, Takeshi Kojima +2

Emergent misalignment, where fine-tuning on narrow, non-harmful tasks induces harmful behaviors, poses a key challenge for AI safety in LLMs. Despite growing empirical evidence, it…