arXiv:2511.14107v1 Announce Type: new 
Abstract: Depth information is crucial for autonomous driving and intelligent robot navigation. The simplicity and flexibility of self-supervised monocular depth estimation are conducive to its role in these fields. However, most existing monocular depth estimation models consume many computing resources. Although some methods have reduced the model's size and improved computing efficiency, the performance deteriorates, seriously hindering the real-world deployment of self-supervised monocular depth estimation models in the real world. To address this problem, we proposed a real-time self-supervised monocular depth estimation method and implemented it in the real world. It is called RTS-Mono, which is a lightweight and efficient encoder-decoder architecture. The encoder is based on Lite-Encoder, and the decoder is designed with a multi-scale sparse fusion framework to minimize redundancy, ensure performance, and improve inference speed. RTS-Mono achieved state-of-the-art (SoTA) performance in high and low resolutions with extremely low parameter counts (3 M) in experiments based on the KITTI dataset. Compared with lightweight methods, RTS-Mono improved Abs Rel and Sq Rel by 5.6% and 9.8% at low resolution and improved Sq Rel and RMSE by 6.1% and 1.9% at high resolution. In real-world deployment experiments, RTS-Mono has extremely high accuracy and can perform real-time inference on Nvidia Jetson Orin at a speed of 49 FPS. Source code is available at https://github.com/ZYCheng777/RTS-Mono.

RTS-Mono هو طريقة جديدة لتقدير العمق الأحادي الذاتي الإشراف في الوقت الحقيقي، تهدف إلى تحسين القيادة الذاتية والتنقل الذكي للروبوتات. غالبًا ما تتطلب نماذج تقدير العمق الأحادي التقليدية موارد حوسبة كبيرة، مما يمكن أن يعيق تطبيقها العملي. RTS-Mono يعالج هذه المشكلة من خلال بنية خفيفة الوزن من نوع مشفر-مفكك، تستخدم مشفرًا خفيفًا وإطار دمج متناثر متعدد المقاييس لتحسين الأداء وسرعة الاستدلال، مما يجعلها مناسبة للنشر في العالم الحقيقي.

RTS-Mono es un nuevo método de estimación de profundidad monocular auto-supervisada en tiempo real, destinado a mejorar la conducción autónoma y la navegación robótica inteligente. Los modelos tradicionales de estimación de profundidad monocular suelen requerir muchos recursos informáticos, lo que puede obstaculizar su aplicación práctica. RTS-Mono aborda este problema con una arquitectura ligera de codificador-decodificador, utilizando un Lite-Encoder y un marco de fusión dispersa a múltiples escalas para optimizar el rendimiento y la velocidad de inferencia, haciéndolo adecuado para el despl…

RTS-Mono est une nouvelle méthode d'estimation de profondeur monoculaire auto-supervisée en temps réel, visant à améliorer la conduite autonome et la navigation robotique intelligente. Les modèles traditionnels d'estimation de profondeur monoculaire nécessitent souvent d'importantes ressources informatiques, ce qui peut freiner leur application pratique. RTS-Mono résout ce problème grâce à une architecture légère d'encodeur-décodeur, utilisant un Lite-Encoder et un cadre de fusion sparse multi-échelle pour optimiser les performances et la vitesse d'inférence, la rendant adaptée à un déploiemen…

RTS-Mono is a newly proposed real-time self-supervised monocular depth estimation method aimed at enhancing autonomous driving and intelligent robot navigation. Traditional monocular depth estimation models often require significant computing resources, which can hinder their practical application. RTS-Mono addresses this issue with a lightweight encoder-decoder architecture, utilizing a Lite-Encoder and a multi-scale sparse fusion framework to optimize performance and inference speed, making it suitable for real-world deployment.

RTS-Mono: A Real-Time Self-Supervised Monocular Depth Estimation Method for Real-World Deployment

The story of the Ghost in the Shell’s main villain the Puppet Master hinted at a future where governments use hackers for espionage, at a time when most of the world had never connected to the internet.

الأنمي الكلاسيكي 'Ghost in the Shell' يقدم شخصية Puppet Master، التي تتنبأ بمستقبل تستخدم فيه الحكومات القراصنة للتجسس. ظهرت هذه التنبؤات في وقت كانت فيه غالبية سكان العالم لم تتصل بعد بالإنترنت، مما يبرز رؤية العرض لمشكلات الأمن السيبراني.

El clásico anime 'Ghost in the Shell' presenta al Puppet Master, un personaje que anticipa un futuro en el que los gobiernos utilizan hackers para el espionaje. Esta predicción surgió en un momento en que la mayoría de la población mundial aún no estaba conectada a Internet, destacando la previsión del programa sobre los problemas de ciberseguridad.

L'anime classique 'Ghost in the Shell' présente le Puppet Master, un personnage qui préfigure un avenir où les gouvernements utilisent des hackers pour l'espionnage. Cette prédiction est survenue à une époque où la majorité de la population mondiale n'était pas encore connectée à Internet, soulignant la prévoyance de l'émission concernant les problèmes de cybersécurité.

The classic anime 'Ghost in the Shell' features the Puppet Master, a character that foreshadows a future where governments utilize hackers for espionage. This prediction emerged at a time when the majority of the global population had yet to connect to the internet, highlighting the show's foresight regarding cybersecurity issues.

How the classic anime ‘Ghost in the Shell’ predicted the future of cybersecurity 30 years ago

<p>Text-to-image diffusion models have become the workhorses of generative imaging. They can paint photorealistic scenes, mimic art styles, and blend concepts in ways that were science fiction a few years ago. Yet they stumble embarrassingly on a skill that even small children master: basic spatial reasoning.</p>

<p>Ask a state-of-the-art model for “a dog to the right of a teddy bear” and you often get:</p>

<ul>
<li>The dog on the left</li>
<li>One of the objects missing</li>
<li>Or a bizarre hybrid where dog and teddy are fused into a single creature</li>
</ul>

<p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F49rtb08366xdl284o4z0.jpg" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F49rtb08366xdl284o4z0.jpg" alt=" " width="800" height="532"></a></p>

<p>These failures become more severe for unusual compositions like “a giraffe above an airplane”. Traditional fixes range from expensive fine-tuning to brittle, hand-written loss functions at inference time—but both options come with significant downsides.</p>

<p>NVIDIA’s Learn-to-Steer framework (accepted to WACV 2026) proposes a different path: instead of hard-coding spatial rules or retraining the entire model, it learns a data-driven objective that can “steer” diffusion at inference time. The method reads the model’s own cross-attention maps, trains a lightweight classifier to detect spatial relations, and then uses that classifier’s gradient as a learned loss to nudge the generation towards layouts that match the prompt.</p>

<p>In this blog, we’ll unpack:</p>

<ul>
<li>What makes spatial reasoning so fragile in current diffusion models</li>
<li>How Learn-to-Steer learns spatial constraints from the model itself</li>
<li>How it steers images during generation without changing model weights</li>
<li>The top gains on spatial benchmarks like GenEval and T2I-CompBench</li>
<li>The trade-offs in compute cost and generality, and what this implies for future generative systems</li>
</ul>

<h1>
  
  
  Why Spatial Reasoning Fails in Text-to-Image Diffusion
</h1>

<h2>
  
  
  What Makes Spatial Relations So Difficult for Diffusion Models?
</h2>

<p>Modern diffusion models (e.g., Stable Diffusion, Flux) are excellent at what should appear in an image—objects, styles, textures—but much less reliable at where those objects should be.</p>

<p>Several factors contribute:</p>

<h3>
  
  
  Weak supervision of spatial language
</h3>

<ul>
<li>Training data rarely comes with precise annotations like “object A is left of object B”.
</li>
<li>Captions often describe content loosely, so phrases like “on top of” or “to the right of” are under-specified.</li>
</ul>

<h3>
  
  
  Entangled visual concepts
</h3>

<ul>
<li>When two objects frequently co-occur, models may treat them as a single visual blob.</li>
<li>This leads to object fusion, where a “cat on a bookshelf” becomes a cat-bookshelf chimera.</li>
</ul>

<h3>
  
  
  Benchmark saturation without spatial coverage
</h3>

<ul>
<li>Many standard text-to-image benchmarks emphasize realism and style, not relational accuracy.</li>
<li>Models can score highly while still being spatially confused.</li>
</ul>

<p>Empirical studies confirm three recurring failure modes on spatial benchmarks:</p>

<ul>
<li>Incorrect placement: Objects appear in the wrong relative position.</li>
<li>Missing entities: One or more requested objects never appear.</li>
<li>Merged entities: Two objects get mashed into a single, incoherent form.</li>
</ul>

<p>The model “knows” the objects you asked for, but it doesn’t reliably understand where to place them.</p>

<h1>
  
  
  Why Fine-Tuning and Handcrafted Losses Are Not Enough
</h1>

<p>Two broad strategies have tried to patch this gap:</p>

<h2>
  
  
  Fine-tuning for spatial awareness
</h2>

<ul>
<li>Retrain the diffusion model on datasets with explicit layouts or spatial annotations.</li>
<li>Methods like COMPASS show that this can significantly improve spatial accuracy.</li>
<li>But this comes at a cost: expensive retraining, sensitivity to dataset bias, and often regressions in other capabilities such as color fidelity or counting.</li>
</ul>

<h2>
  
  
  Handcrafted test-time losses
</h2>

<ul>
<li>At inference, inject extra loss terms that penalize spatial errors (e.g., overlapping activation maps, incorrect ordering).</li>
<li>These losses must be manually designed to approximate relations like “left of” or “above”.</li>
<li>In practice, these heuristics are fragile, often over-fitting simple cases and failing on more complex layouts.</li>
</ul>

<p>In short, we’ve lacked a solution that is:</p>

<ul>
<li>Data-driven rather than rule-based</li>
<li>Plug-and-play at inference time (no full retraining)</li>
<li>Targeted enough to improve spatial reasoning without damaging other strengths</li>
</ul>

<p>This is where Learn-to-Steer enters.</p>

<h1>
  
  
  How Learn-to-Steer Works: Data-Driven Steering at Inference
</h1>

<h2>
  
  
  How Cross-Attention Maps Provide a Spatial Signal
</h2>

<p>During diffusion, at each denoising step, the model computes cross-attention maps that connect text tokens to image regions. For a prompt like “a dog to the right of a teddy bear”, you can think of:</p>

<ul>
<li>One set of attention maps for “dog”</li>
<li>Another set for “teddy bear”</li>
<li>Additional context around words like “right” or “of”</li>
</ul>

<p>These maps form a rich, high-dimensional signal describing where in the image the model currently believes each word should manifest. Prior work has used cross-attention to locate objects or edit images; Learn-to-Steer goes further by treating them as a feature space in which spatial relations can be learned.</p>

<h2>
  
  
  How a Relation Classifier Becomes a Learned Loss
</h2>

<p>The core idea of Learn-to-Steer is to train a small relation classifier that takes cross-attention maps for two objects and predicts the spatial relation between them (left-of, right-of, above, below, etc.).</p>

<p>The pipeline looks like this:</p>

<h3>
  
  
  Collect supervision
</h3>

<ul>
<li>Use images where the true relation between object A and object B is known (from datasets like GQA and synthetic layouts).</li>
<li>For each image, invert it through the diffusion model with a descriptive prompt to recover cross-attention maps for the relevant tokens.</li>
</ul>

<p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fi9dbjsdc4c8yjz2r88k4.jpg" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fi9dbjsdc4c8yjz2r88k4.jpg" alt=" " width="800" height="446"></a></p>

<h3>
  
  
  Train a classifier on attention patterns
</h3>

<ul>
<li>Input: attention maps for object A and object B.</li>
<li>Output: predicted relation (e.g., “A is left of B”).</li>
</ul>

<p>Naively, however, this leads to a subtle but serious issue: relation leakage.</p>

<h2>
  
  
  How Dual Inversion Solves the “Relation Leakage” Problem
</h2>

<p>If you always invert images with a correct prompt (e.g., “a dog to the left of a cat”), hints about the word “left” can leak into the attention patterns. A naïve classifier might then “cheat” by reading out linguistic artefacts instead of learning genuine visual geometry.</p>

<p>To prevent this, Learn-to-Steer uses a dual inversion strategy:</p>

<ul>
<li>For each image with a true relation (say, dog left of cat), create two prompts:

<ul>
<li>A positive prompt with the correct relation (“dog to the left of a cat”).</li>
<li>A negative prompt with an incorrect relation (“dog above a cat”).</li>
</ul>


</li>

<li>Run inversion with both prompts, obtaining two sets of attention maps.</li>

<li>Label both sets with the true relation (left-of), because that is what the image actually depicts.</li>

</ul>

<p>The classifier sees pairs of attention maps that share the same underlying geometry but differ in the relation words used in the prompt. To succeed, it must ignore the unreliable linguistic cue and zero in on the geometric evidence in the attention patterns. This breaks the leakage shortcut and yields a classifier that actually understands “left-of” in terms of where things appear in the model’s internal vision.</p>

<p>To improve robustness, NVIDIA combines:</p>

<ul>
<li>Real images (complex, natural scenes)</li>
<li>Synthetic images (simpler, cleaner attention patterns akin to generation scenarios)</li>
</ul>

<h1>
  
  
  How Learn-to-Steer Guides Images During Generation
</h1>

<h2>
  
  
  Step-by-Step: From Prompt to Steered Latent
</h2>

<p>Once the relation classifier is trained, Learn-to-Steer uses it at inference time as a learned objective:</p>

<h3>
  
  
  Parse the spatial prompt
</h3>

<ul>
<li>Extract subject, relation, and object from the text (e.g., subject = dog, relation = right-of, object = teddy bear).</li>
</ul>

<h3>
  
  
  Run diffusion as usual—but with checkpoints
</h3>

<ul>
<li>As the model denoises latent noise into an image, periodically extract cross-attention maps for the subject and object tokens.</li>
</ul>

<h3>
  
  
  Evaluate spatial correctness
</h3>

<ul>
<li>Feed these maps into the relation classifier, which outputs a probability distribution over relations.</li>
<li>Compare this distribution to the desired relation from the prompt, and compute a loss (e.g., cross-entropy).</li>
</ul>

<h3>
  
  
  Backpropagate into the latent
</h3>

<ul>
<li>Compute the gradient of this loss with respect to the latent representation at that timestep.</li>
<li>Nudge the latent in the direction that increases the classifier’s confidence in the correct relation.</li>
</ul>

<h3>
  
  
  Continue the diffusion process
</h3>

<ul>
<li>Let the denoising proceed from the adjusted latent.</li>
<li>Repeat this steering a number of times (often during the earlier half of the diffusion steps).</li>
</ul>

<h2>
  
  
  Support for Multiple Architectures and Relations
</h2>

<p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F578a9bjc7gmtemh0jbsj.jpg" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F578a9bjc7gmtemh0jbsj.jpg" alt=" " width="800" height="477"></a></p>

<p>A key advantage of Learn-to-Steer is that it’s architecture-agnostic:</p>

<ul>
<li>It has been demonstrated on both UNet-based models (like Stable Diffusion 1.4/2.1) and MMDiT-style models (like Flux).</li>
<li>The only requirement is access to a text-image alignment signal (cross-attention or similar).</li>
</ul>

<p>It can also handle prompts with multiple constraints, such as:</p>

<p>“A frog above a sneaker below a teapot.”</p>

<p>Here, Learn-to-Steer alternates attention between relations:</p>

<ul>
<li>At one timestep, optimize the frog–sneaker relation.</li>
<li>At another, optimize the sneaker–teapot relation.</li>
</ul>

يهدف Learn-to-Steer من NVIDIA إلى معالجة قيد كبير في نماذج الانتشار من النص إلى الصورة، التي تعاني من ضعف في التفكير المكاني الأساسي. يمكن لهذه النماذج إنشاء صور فوتوغرافية واقعية، لكنها غالبًا ما تضع الأشياء في غير موضعها، مثل وضع كلب على اليسار بدلاً من اليمين بجانب دمية دب. تهدف هذه الخطوة إلى تحسين دقة الصور المولدة من خلال تعزيز الفهم المكاني.

El Learn-to-Steer de NVIDIA busca abordar una limitación significativa en los modelos de difusión de texto a imagen, que luchan con el razonamiento espacial básico. Estos modelos pueden crear imágenes fotorealistas, pero a menudo colocan mal los objetos en relación entre sí, como poner un perro a la izquierda de un oso de peluche en lugar de a la derecha. Este avance tiene como objetivo mejorar la precisión de las imágenes generadas al mejorar la comprensión espacial.

Le Learn-to-Steer de NVIDIA vise à résoudre une limitation importante des modèles de diffusion texte-image, qui ont du mal avec le raisonnement spatial de base. Ces modèles peuvent créer des images photoréalistes mais placent souvent mal les objets les uns par rapport aux autres, comme mettre un chien à gauche d'un ours en peluche au lieu de la droite. Cette avancée vise à améliorer l'exactitude des images générées en renforçant la compréhension spatiale.

NVIDIA's Learn-to-Steer is set to address a significant limitation in text-to-image diffusion models, which struggle with basic spatial reasoning. These models can create photorealistic images but often misplace objects in relation to one another, such as placing a dog to the left of a teddy bear instead of the right. This advancement aims to enhance the accuracy of generated images by improving spatial understanding.

What Is Learn-to-Steer? NVIDIA’s 2025 Spatial Fix for Text-to-Image Diffusion

<p>The $5tn firm handily beat expectations, but analysts are awaiting projections for future demand for firm’s AI chips</p><p>Nvidia shares are rising in after-market trading after the company posted third quarter earnings that beat Wall Street estimates.<strong> </strong>All eyes were on Nvidia, the bellwether for the AI industry and the most valuable publicly traded company in the world, as analysts and investors hoped the chipmaker’s third-quarter earnings would assuage concerns about whether the high-flying valuations of AI firms have peaked.</p><p>“Blackwell sales are off the charts, and cloud GPUs are sold out,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of Nvidia in a press release. “Compute demand keeps accelerating and compounding across training and inference – each growing exponentially. We’ve entered the virtuous cycle of AI. The AI ecosystem is scaling fast – with more new foundation model makers, more AI startups, across more industries, and in more countries. AI is going everywhere, doing everything, all at once.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/nov/19/nvidia-earning-report">Continue reading...</a>

تجاوزت شركة إنفيديا توقعات وول ستريت مع نتائجها للربع الثالث، مما أظهر طلبًا قويًا على شرائح الذكاء الاصطناعي الخاصة بها. ارتفعت أسهم الشركة في التداول بعد السوق، مما يعكس ثقة المستثمرين وسط مخاوف بشأن تقييم سوق الذكاء الاصطناعي. وأبرز الرئيس التنفيذي جينسن هوانغ مبيعات قياسية ونظامًا بيئيًا سريع التوسع في مجال الذكاء الاصطناعي، مما يشير إلى نظرة إيجابية لمستقبل الشركة.

Nvidia superó las expectativas de Wall Street con sus ganancias del tercer trimestre, mostrando una fuerte demanda por sus chips de IA. Las acciones de la compañía aumentaron en el comercio posterior al cierre, reflejando la confianza de los inversores en medio de preocupaciones sobre la valoración del mercado de IA. El CEO Jensen Huang destacó las ventas récord y un ecosistema de IA en rápida expansión, indicando una perspectiva positiva para el futuro de la empresa.

Nvidia a dépassé les attentes de Wall Street avec ses résultats du troisième trimestre, montrant une forte demande pour ses puces d'IA. Les actions de l'entreprise ont augmenté lors des échanges après la clôture, reflétant la confiance des investisseurs face aux préoccupations concernant la valorisation du marché de l'IA. Le PDG Jensen Huang a souligné des ventes record et un écosystème IA en pleine expansion, indiquant une perspective positive pour l'avenir de l'entreprise.

Nvidia exceeded Wall Street expectations with its third-quarter earnings, showcasing strong demand for its AI chips. The company's shares rose in after-market trading, reflecting investor confidence amid concerns about the AI market's valuation. CEO Jensen Huang highlighted record sales and a rapidly expanding AI ecosystem, indicating a positive outlook for the company's future.

‘AI is going everywhere, doing everything:’ Nvidia beats Wall Street estimates amid market selloff and AI bubble fears

The SanDisk ExtremeFit USB-C flash drive is barely three grams, but offers 1TB of external storage and impressive speeds.

I refused to believe this coin-sized gadget was a storage drive, until I tried it for myself

<p>Swift 6.3 is bringing significant enhancements to Embedded Swift, the subset of Swift designed for resource-constrained environments like microcontrollers. Here's what's new:</p>

<h2>
  
  
  Key Improvements
</h2>

<h3>
  
  
  Libraries &amp; Standard Library
</h3>

<ul>
<li>
<strong>Floating-point printing</strong>: The <code>description</code> and <code>debugDescription</code> properties now work for Float, Double, and other floating-point types with a new all-Swift implementation</li>
<li>
<strong>Better diagnostics</strong>: New <code>EmbeddedRestrictions</code> diagnostic group warns about unsupported language constructs</li>
<li>
<strong>Swift MMIO 0.1.x</strong>: Includes code generation from SVD files and improved debugging with SVD2LLDB plugin</li>
</ul>

<h3>
  
  
  C Interoperability
</h3>

<ul>
<li>
<strong><code>@c</code> attribute</strong>: Define C-compatible functions and enums (from SE-0495)
</li>
</ul>

<div class="highlight js-code-highlight">
<pre class="highlight swift"><code><span class="kd">@c</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">MyLib_initialize</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="kd">public</span> <span class="kd">func</span> <span class="nf">initialize</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="o">...</span> <span class="p">}</span>
</code></pre>

</div>



<ul>
<li>
<strong>Improved type matching</strong>: Better tolerance for mismatching C signatures, eliminating cryptic deserialization errors</li>
</ul>

<h3>
  
  
  Debugging
</h3>

<ul>
<li>
<strong>Enhanced LLDB support</strong>: Better value printing for Embedded Swift types</li>
<li>
<strong>Core dump inspection</strong>: Dictionary, Array, and other common types now inspectable without a live process</li>
<li>
<strong>ARMv7m exception unwinding</strong>: Complete backtraces through exception frames</li>
</ul>

<h3>
  
  
  Linking &amp; Compilation
</h3>

<ul>
<li>
<strong><code>@section</code> and <code>@used</code> attributes</strong>: Control where globals are emitted and ensure symbols aren't stripped (SE-0492)</li>
<li>
<strong>Weak symbol definitions</strong>: Fixes duplicate symbol errors in diamond dependencies</li>
<li>
<strong><code>@export</code> attribute</strong>: Better control over function visibility (SE-0497)</li>
</ul>




<p><em>Want to dive deeper? Read the <a href="https://www.swift.org/blog/embedded-swift-improvements-coming-in-swift-6.3/" rel="noopener noreferrer">full announcement</a> on Swift.org</em></p>

تقدم Swift 6.3 تحسينات كبيرة على Embedded Swift، مما يعزز وظيفته في البيئات ذات الموارد المحدودة مثل المتحكمات الدقيقة. تشمل التحسينات الرئيسية قدرات جديدة لطباعة الأعداد العشرية، وتشخيصات أفضل مع مجموعة EmbeddedRestrictions، وإدخال Swift MMIO 0.1.x لتوليد الشيفرة وتصحيح الأخطاء.

Swift 6.3 presenta mejoras significativas en Embedded Swift, aumentando su funcionalidad para entornos con recursos limitados como microcontroladores. Las mejoras clave incluyen nuevas capacidades de impresión de números de punto flotante, mejores diagnósticos con el grupo EmbeddedRestrictions y la introducción de Swift MMIO 0.1.x para la generación de código y la depuración.

Swift 6.3 apporte des améliorations significatives à Embedded Swift, renforçant sa fonctionnalité pour les environnements à ressources limitées comme les microcontrôleurs. Les principales améliorations comprennent de nouvelles capacités d'impression de nombres à virgule flottante, de meilleurs diagnostics avec le groupe EmbeddedRestrictions, et l'introduction de Swift MMIO 0.1.x pour la génération de code et le débogage.

Swift 6.3 introduces significant upgrades to Embedded Swift, enhancing its functionality for resource-constrained environments like microcontrollers. Key improvements include new floating-point printing capabilities, better diagnostics with the EmbeddedRestrictions group, and the introduction of Swift MMIO 0.1.x for code generation and debugging.

Embedded Swift Gets Major Upgrades in Swift 6.3

<a href="https://www.techspot.com/news/110317-judge-dismisses-lawsuit-twice-due-alleged-deepfake-video.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.techspot.com/images2/news/ts3_thumbs/2025/11/2025-11-19-ts3_thumbs-252.jpg" width="800" height="560" style="padding: 15px 0" title="Judge dismisses lawsuit twice due to alleged deepfake video testimony" /></a><br />A California housing dispute is getting media attention over allegations that lawyers presented a deepfake video as witness testimony. NBC News reports that Judge Victoria Kolakowski became suspicious after the supposed witness showed signs that something was not right, including a monotone voice, fuzzy facial features, and repeated facial expressions....<br /><br /><a href="https://www.techspot.com/news/110317-judge-dismisses-lawsuit-twice-due-alleged-deepfake-video.html">Read Entire Article</a><br /><br />

تجذب نزاع سكني في كاليفورنيا الانتباه الإعلامي بعد ظهور مزاعم بأن المحامين قدموا فيديو مزيف كدليل شهود. أعربت القاضية فيكتوريا كولاكوفسكي عن شكوكها بشأن الفيديو، مشيرة إلى صوت الشاهد الأحادي، وملامح الوجه غير الواضحة، وتكرار التعبيرات. أدى ذلك إلى رفض الدعوى القضائية مرتين.

Una disputa de vivienda en California ha llamado la atención de los medios tras las alegaciones de que los abogados presentaron un video deepfake como testimonio. La jueza Victoria Kolakowski expresó su escepticismo sobre el video, señalando la voz monótona del testigo, rasgos faciales borrosos y expresiones repetitivas. Esto llevó al desestimado de la demanda en dos ocasiones.

Un litige immobilier en Californie suscite l'attention des médias après des allégations selon lesquelles des avocats auraient présenté une vidéo deepfake comme témoignage. La juge Victoria Kolakowski a exprimé des doutes sur la vidéo, notant la voix monotone du témoin, des traits faciaux flous et des expressions répétitives. Cela a conduit à l'annulation de la poursuite à deux reprises.

A California housing dispute has drawn attention after allegations surfaced that lawyers presented a deepfake video as witness testimony. Judge Victoria Kolakowski expressed skepticism about the video, noting the witness's monotone voice, unclear facial features, and repetitive expressions. This led to the dismissal of the lawsuit on two occasions.

Judge dismisses lawsuit twice due to alleged deepfake video testimony

arXiv:2511.14185v1 Announce Type: new 
Abstract: Most existing autonomous-driving datasets (e.g., KITTI, nuScenes, and the Waymo Perception Dataset), collected by human-driving mode or unidentified driving mode, can only serve as early training for the perception and prediction of autonomous vehicles (AVs). To evaluate the real behavioral safety of AVs controlled in the black box, we present the first end-to-end benchmark dataset collected entirely by autonomous-driving mode in the real world. This dataset contains over 100 hours of naturalistic data from multiple production autonomous-driving vehicle models in the market. We segment the original data into 32,727 key frames, each consisting of four synchronized camera images and high-precision GNSS/IMU data (0.8 cm localization accuracy). For each key frame, 20 Hz vehicle trajectories spanning the past 6 s and future 5 s are provided, along with detailed 2D annotations of surrounding vehicles, pedestrians, traffic lights, and traffic signs. These key frames have rich scenario-level attributes, including driver intent, area type (covering highways, urban roads, and residential areas), lighting (day, night, or dusk), weather (clear or rain), road surface (paved or unpaved), traffic and vulnerable road users (VRU) density, traffic lights, and traffic signs (warning, prohibition, and indication). To evaluate the safety of AVs, we employ an end-to-end motion planning model that predicts vehicle trajectories with an Average Displacement Error (ADE) of 1.4 m on autonomous-driving frames. The dataset continues to expand by over 10 hours of new data weekly, thereby providing a sustainable foundation for research on AV driving behavior analysis and safety evaluation.

يمثل مجموعة بيانات PAVE تقدمًا كبيرًا في تقييم المركبات المستقلة (AVs)، حيث إنه أول مجموعة بيانات مرجعية شاملة تم جمعها بالكامل من خلال القيادة المستقلة في ظروف العالم الحقيقي. تحتوي على أكثر من 100 ساعة من البيانات الطبيعية من نماذج متعددة من المركبات المستقلة في السوق، مقسمة إلى 32,727 إطارًا رئيسيًا، كل منها يتكون من أربع صور كاميرا متزامنة وبيانات GNSS/IMU عالية الدقة. تهدف هذه المجموعة إلى تعزيز فهم سلوك وأمان المركبات المستقلة، مما يوفر رؤى حاسمة للتطورات المستقبلية في تكنولوجيا القيادة المستقلة.

El conjunto de datos PAVE representa un avance significativo en la evaluación de vehículos autónomos (VAs), siendo el primer conjunto de datos de referencia de extremo a extremo recopilado completamente a través de conducción autónoma en condiciones del mundo real. Incluye más de 100 horas de datos naturalistas de varios modelos de VAs de producción, segmentados en 32,727 fotogramas clave con imágenes de cámara sincronizadas y datos GNSS/IMU de alta precisión. Este conjunto de datos tiene como objetivo mejorar la comprensión del comportamiento y la seguridad de los VAs, proporcionando informac…

Le jeu de données PAVE représente une avancée significative dans l'évaluation des véhicules autonomes (VA), étant le premier jeu de données de référence de bout en bout collecté entièrement par conduite autonome dans des conditions réelles. Il comprend plus de 100 heures de données naturalistes provenant de divers modèles de VA de production, segmentées en 32 727 images clés avec des images de caméra synchronisées et des données GNSS/IMU de haute précision. Ce jeu de données vise à améliorer la compréhension du comportement et de la sécurité des VA, fournissant des informations cruciales pour …

The PAVE dataset represents a significant advancement in the evaluation of autonomous vehicles (AVs), being the first end-to-end benchmark dataset collected entirely through autonomous driving in real-world conditions. It includes over 100 hours of naturalistic data from various production AV models, segmented into 32,727 key frames with synchronized camera images and high-precision GNSS/IMU data. This dataset aims to enhance the understanding of AV behavior and safety, providing crucial insights for future developments in autonomous driving technology.

PAVE: An End-to-End Dataset for Production Autonomous Vehicle Evaluation

arXiv:2509.15987v2 Announce Type: replace 
Abstract: Accurate monocular depth estimation is crucial for 3D scene understanding, but existing methods often blur depth at object boundaries, introducing spurious intermediate 3D points. While achieving sharp edges usually requires very fine-grained supervision, our method produces crisp depth discontinuities using only self-supervision. Specifically, we model per-pixel depth as a mixture distribution, capturing multiple plausible depths and shifting uncertainty from direct regression to the mixture weights. This formulation integrates seamlessly into existing pipelines via variance-aware loss functions and uncertainty propagation. Extensive evaluations on KITTI and VKITTIv2 show that our method achieves up to 35% higher boundary sharpness and improves point cloud quality compared to state-of-the-art baselines.

تعتبر تقديرات العمق الأحادي الدقيقة ضرورية لفهم المشاهد ثلاثية الأبعاد، لكن الطرق الحالية غالبًا ما تضعف العمق عند حدود الأجسام، مما يؤدي إلى نقاط ثلاثية الأبعاد زائفة. تقدم هذه الدراسة نهجًا ذاتيًا يعتمد على الإشراف الذاتي، حيث يتم نمذجة العمق لكل بكسل كإنتاج مختلط، مما يسمح بوجود انقطاعات حادة في العمق دون الحاجة إلى إشراف دقيق. تتكامل هذه الطريقة بسلاسة في خطوط العمل الحالية من خلال وظائف خسارة مدركة للتباين وانتشار عدم اليقين، حيث تحقق زيادة تصل إلى 35% في حدة الحدود وتحسن جودة سحابة النقاط مقارنةً بالأساليب الرائدة.

La estimación de profundidad monocular precisa es crucial para la comprensión de escenas en 3D, pero los métodos existentes a menudo difuminan la profundidad en los límites de los objetos, introduciendo puntos 3D espurios. Este estudio presenta un enfoque auto-supervisado que modela la profundidad por píxel como una distribución mixta, permitiendo discontinuidades de profundidad nítidas sin supervisión detallada. La metodología se integra sin problemas en los flujos de trabajo existentes mediante funciones de pérdida conscientes de la varianza y propagación de incertidumbre, logrando hasta un …

L'estimation de profondeur monoculaire précise est essentielle pour comprendre les scènes en 3D, mais les méthodes actuelles produisent souvent une profondeur floue aux frontières des objets, entraînant des points 3D erronés. Cette étude présente une approche auto-supervisée qui modélise la profondeur par pixel comme une distribution mixte, permettant des discontinuités de profondeur nettes sans supervision fine. La méthode intègre des fonctions de perte sensibles à la variance et la propagation de l'incertitude, atteignant jusqu'à 35 % de netteté des frontières et une meilleure qualité de nua…

Accurate monocular depth estimation is essential for understanding 3D scenes, yet current methods often produce blurred depth at object boundaries, leading to erroneous 3D points. This study introduces a self-supervised approach that models per-pixel depth as a mixture distribution, allowing for sharp depth discontinuities without fine-grained supervision. The method integrates variance-aware loss functions and uncertainty propagation, achieving up to 35% higher boundary sharpness and improved point cloud quality on KITTI and VKITTIv2 datasets.

Towards Sharper Object Boundaries in Self-Supervised Depth Estimation

arXiv:2511.10701v2 Announce Type: replace 
Abstract: CAR-Scenes is a frame-level dataset for autonomous driving that enables training and evaluation of vision-language models (VLMs) for interpretable, scene-level understanding. We annotate 5,192 images drawn from Argoverse 1, Cityscapes, KITTI, and nuScenes using a 28-key category/sub-category knowledge base covering environment, road geometry, background-vehicle behavior, ego-vehicle behavior, vulnerable road users, sensor states, and a discrete severity scale (1-10), totaling 350+ leaf attributes. Labels are produced by a GPT-4o-assisted vision-language pipeline with human-in-the-loop verification; we release the exact prompts, post-processing rules, and per-field baseline model performance. CAR-Scenes also provides attribute co-occurrence graphs and JSONL records that support semantic retrieval, dataset triage, and risk-aware scenario mining across sources. To calibrate task difficulty, we include reproducible, non-benchmark baselines, notably a LoRA-tuned Qwen2-VL-2B with deterministic decoding, evaluated via scalar accuracy, micro-averaged F1 for list attributes, and severity MAE/RMSE on a fixed validation split. We publicly release the annotation and analysis scripts, including graph construction and evaluation scripts, to enable explainable, data-centric workflows for future intelligent vehicles. Dataset: https://github.com/Croquembouche/CAR-Scenes

CAR-Scenes هو مجموعة بيانات على مستوى الإطارات مصممة للقيادة الذاتية، مما يسهل تدريب وتقييم نماذج الرؤية-اللغة (VLM) لفهم المشاهد على مستوى المشهد. تتضمن المجموعة 5,192 صورة تم وضع علامات عليها من مصادر مثل Argoverse وCityscapes وKITTI وnuScenes، باستخدام قاعدة معرفة شاملة تضم 28 فئة/فئة فرعية. يتم إنتاج التعليقات التوضيحية من خلال خط أنابيب مدعوم من GPT-4o مع تحقق بشري، مما يوفر سمات مفصلة ويدعم الاسترجاع الدلالي والتنقيب عن السيناريوهات ذات المخاطر.

CAR-Scenes es un conjunto de datos a nivel de fotogramas diseñado para la conducción autónoma, facilitando el entrenamiento y la evaluación de modelos de visión-lenguaje (VLM) para la comprensión a nivel de escena. El conjunto incluye 5,192 imágenes anotadas de fuentes como Argoverse, Cityscapes, KITTI y nuScenes, utilizando una base de conocimiento de 28 categorías/subcategorías. Las anotaciones se generan a través de un pipeline asistido por GPT-4o con verificación humana, proporcionando atributos detallados y apoyando la recuperación semántica y la minería de escenarios de riesgo.

CAR-Scenes est un ensemble de données au niveau des images conçu pour la conduite autonome, facilitant l'entraînement et l'évaluation des modèles de vision-langage (VLM) pour la compréhension des scènes. L'ensemble comprend 5 192 images annotées provenant de sources telles qu'Argoverse, Cityscapes, KITTI et nuScenes, utilisant une base de connaissances complète de 28 catégories/sous-catégories. Les annotations sont générées par un pipeline assisté par GPT-4o avec vérification humaine, fournissant des attributs détaillés et soutenant la récupération sémantique et l'exploration de scénarios à ri…

CAR-Scenes is a frame-level dataset designed for autonomous driving, facilitating the training and evaluation of vision-language models (VLMs) for scene-level understanding. The dataset comprises 5,192 annotated images from sources like Argoverse, Cityscapes, KITTI, and nuScenes, utilizing a comprehensive 28-key category/sub-category knowledge base. The annotations are generated through a GPT-4o-assisted pipeline with human verification, providing detailed attributes and supporting semantic retrieval and risk-aware scenario mining.

CARScenes: Semantic VLM Dataset for Safe Autonomous Driving

arXiv:2511.14109v1 Announce Type: new 
Abstract: Visual Place Recognition (VPR) aims to match query images against a database using visual cues. State-of-the-art methods aggregate features from deep backbones to form global descriptors. Optimal transport-based aggregation methods reformulate feature-to-cluster assignment as a transport problem, but the standard Sinkhorn algorithm symmetrically treats source and target marginals, limiting effectiveness when image features and cluster centers exhibit substantially different distributions. We propose an asymmetric aggregation VPR method with geometric constraints for locally aggregated descriptors, called $A^2$GC-VPR. Our method employs row-column normalization averaging with separate marginal calibration, enabling asymmetric matching that adapts to distributional discrepancies in visual place recognition. Geometric constraints are incorporated through learnable coordinate embeddings, computing compatibility scores fused with feature similarities, thereby promoting spatially proximal features to the same cluster and enhancing spatial awareness. Experimental results on MSLS, NordLand, and Pittsburgh datasets demonstrate superior performance, validating the effectiveness of our approach in improving matching accuracy and robustness.

$A^2$GC-VPR هو أسلوب جديد للتعرف على الأماكن البصرية (VPR) يتناول قيود أساليب التجميع التقليدية في مطابقة صور الاستعلام مع قاعدة بيانات. من خلال اعتماد نهج تجميع غير متماثل مع قيود هندسية، يعزز هذا الأسلوب فعالية مطابقة الميزات، خاصة عند التعامل مع توزيعات متباينة لميزات الصورة ومراكز التجمع. تستخدم التقنية متوسطات تطبيع الصفوف والأعمدة مع تضمينات إحداثيات قابلة للتعلم لتحسين درجات التوافق لوصفيات التجميع المحلي.

$A^2$GC-VPR es un nuevo método para el Reconocimiento Visual de Lugares (VPR) que aborda las limitaciones de los métodos de agregación tradicionales al emparejar imágenes de consulta con una base de datos. Al emplear un enfoque de agregación asimétrica con restricciones geométricas, este método mejora la efectividad del emparejamiento de características, especialmente cuando se enfrentan a distribuciones variables de características de imagen y centros de clúster. La técnica utiliza promedios de normalización fila-columna y embeddings de coordenadas aprendibles para mejorar las puntuaciones de…

$A^2$GC-VPR est une nouvelle méthode pour la reconnaissance de lieux visuels (VPR) qui s'attaque aux limites des méthodes d'agrégation traditionnelles dans l'appariement d'images de requête à une base de données. En adoptant une approche d'agrégation asymétrique avec des contraintes géométriques, cette méthode améliore l'efficacité de l'appariement des caractéristiques, en particulier lorsqu'il s'agit de distributions variées des caractéristiques d'image et des centres de clusters. La technique utilise une moyenne de normalisation ligne-colonne et des embeddings de coordonnées apprenables pour…

$A^2$GC-VPR is a new method for Visual Place Recognition (VPR) that addresses the limitations of traditional aggregation methods in matching query images to a database. By employing an asymmetric aggregation approach with geometric constraints, this method enhances the effectiveness of feature matching, particularly when dealing with varying distributions of image features and cluster centers. The technique utilizes row-column normalization averaging and learnable coordinate embeddings to improve compatibility scores for locally aggregated descriptors.

$A^2$GC: $A$symmetric $A$ggregation with Geometric Constraints for Locally Aggregated Descriptors

arXiv:2511.14247v1 Announce Type: new 
Abstract: Multi-agents rely on accurate poses to share and align observations, enabling a collaborative perception of the environment. However, traditional GNSS-based localization often fails in GNSS-denied environments, making consistent feature alignment difficult in collaboration. To tackle this challenge, we propose a robust GNSS-free collaborative perception framework based on LiDAR localization. Specifically, we propose a lightweight Pose Generator with Confidence (PGC) to estimate compact pose and confidence representations. To alleviate the effects of localization errors, we further develop the Pose-Aware Spatio-Temporal Alignment Transformer (PASTAT), which performs confidence-aware spatial alignment while capturing essential temporal context. Additionally, we present a new simulation dataset, V2VLoc, which can be adapted for both LiDAR localization and collaborative detection tasks. V2VLoc comprises three subsets: Town1Loc, Town4Loc, and V2VDet. Town1Loc and Town4Loc offer multi-traversal sequences for training in localization tasks, whereas V2VDet is specifically intended for the collaborative detection task. Extensive experiments conducted on the V2VLoc dataset demonstrate that our approach achieves state-of-the-art performance under GNSS-denied conditions. We further conduct extended experiments on the real-world V2V4Real dataset to validate the effectiveness and generalizability of PASTAT.

يقدم المقال إطارًا جديدًا للإدراك التعاوني بدون GNSS باستخدام تحديد المواقع بواسطة LiDAR، حيث يتناول التحديات التي تواجهها البيئات التي تفتقر إلى GNSS. غالبًا ما تواجه طرق تحديد المواقع التقليدية صعوبات في هذه البيئات، مما يعيق التعاون الفعال بين أنظمة الوكلاء المتعددة. تتضمن الحلول المقترحة مولد وضع خفيف الوزن مع ثقة (PGC) لتقدير الأوضاع وتمثيلات الثقة، بالإضافة إلى محول التوافق الزماني المكاني الواعي بالوضع (PASTAT) الذي يقوم بأداء التوافق المكاني مع مراعاة الثقة. كما تم تقديم مجموعة بيانات محاكاة جديدة، V2VLoc، التي يمكن تكييفها لمهام تحديد المواقع بواسطة LiDAR والاكتشاف التعاوني.

El artículo presenta un nuevo marco para la percepción colaborativa sin GNSS utilizando la localización por LiDAR, abordando los desafíos que se enfrentan en entornos sin GNSS. Los métodos de localización tradicionales a menudo tienen dificultades en estos entornos, lo que dificulta la colaboración efectiva entre sistemas multiagente. La solución propuesta incluye un Generador de Pose con Confianza (PGC) para estimar poses y confianza, junto con el Transformador de Alineación Espacio-Temporal Consciente de la Pose (PASTAT) para el alineamiento espacial. Se introduce un nuevo conjunto de datos …

L'article présente un nouveau cadre pour la perception collaborative sans GNSS utilisant la localisation par LiDAR, abordant les défis rencontrés dans les environnements privés de GNSS. Les méthodes de localisation traditionnelles peinent souvent dans ces contextes, entravant la collaboration efficace entre systèmes multi-agents. La solution proposée comprend un générateur de pose léger avec confiance (PGC) pour estimer les poses et la confiance, ainsi qu'un transformateur d'alignement spatio-temporel conscient de la pose (PASTAT) pour l'alignement spatial. Un nouveau jeu de données de simulat…

The article presents a new framework for GNSS-free collaborative perception using LiDAR localization, addressing the challenges faced in GNSS-denied environments. Traditional localization methods often struggle in these settings, hindering effective collaboration among multi-agent systems. The proposed solution includes a lightweight Pose Generator with Confidence (PGC) for estimating poses and confidence, alongside the Pose-Aware Spatio-Temporal Alignment Transformer (PASTAT) for spatial alignment. A new simulation dataset, V2VLoc, is introduced, which supports LiDAR localization and collabor…

V2VLoc: Robust GNSS-Free Collaborative Perception via LiDAR Localization

arXiv:2511.14210v1 Announce Type: cross 
Abstract: We introduce Orion, a visual agent framework that can take in any modality and generate any modality. Using an agentic framework with multiple tool-calling capabilities, Orion is designed for visual AI tasks and achieves state-of-the-art results. Unlike traditional vision-language models that produce descriptive outputs, Orion orchestrates a suite of specialized computer vision tools, including object detection, keypoint localization, panoptic segmentation, Optical Character Recognition, and geometric analysis, to execute complex multi-step visual workflows. The system achieves competitive performance on MMMU, MMBench, DocVQA, and MMLongBench while extending monolithic vision-language models to production-grade visual intelligence. By combining neural perception with symbolic execution, Orion enables autonomous visual reasoning, marking a transition from passive visual understanding to active, tool-driven visual intelligence.

أورايون هو إطار جديد لوكيل بصري قادر على معالجة وتوليد أنماط متعددة. يستخدم إطارًا وكيلًا مع قدرات متعددة لاستدعاء الأدوات، محققًا نتائج رائدة في مهام الذكاء الاصطناعي البصري. على عكس نماذج الرؤية-اللغة التقليدية، يستخدم أورايون أدوات رؤية حاسوبية متخصصة لتنفيذ سير عمل بصري معقد، محققًا أداءً تنافسيًا في معايير مثل MMMU وMMBench وDocVQA وMMLongBench. يمثل هذا النظام تحولًا نحو الاستدلال البصري المستقل، مما يعزز الذكاء البصري.

Orion es un nuevo marco de agente visual capaz de procesar y generar diversas modalidades. Utiliza un marco agentivo con múltiples capacidades de llamada a herramientas, logrando resultados de vanguardia en tareas de IA visual. A diferencia de los modelos tradicionales de visión-lenguaje, Orion emplea herramientas especializadas de visión por computadora para flujos de trabajo visuales complejos, alcanzando un rendimiento competitivo en benchmarks como MMMU, MMBench, DocVQA y MMLongBench. Este sistema marca una transición hacia el razonamiento visual autónomo, mejorando la inteligencia visual.

Orion est un nouveau cadre d'agent visuel capable de traiter et de générer diverses modalités. Il utilise un cadre agentique avec plusieurs capacités d'appel d'outils, atteignant des résultats de pointe dans les tâches d'IA visuelle. Contrairement aux modèles traditionnels de vision-langage, Orion utilise des outils de vision par ordinateur spécialisés pour des flux de travail visuels complexes, obtenant des performances compétitives sur des benchmarks tels que MMMU, MMBench, DocVQA et MMLongBench. Ce système marque un tournant vers le raisonnement visuel autonome, améliorant l'intelligence vi…

Orion is a newly introduced visual agent framework capable of processing and generating various modalities. It employs an agentic framework with multiple tool-calling capabilities, achieving state-of-the-art results in visual AI tasks. Unlike traditional vision-language models, Orion utilizes specialized computer vision tools for complex visual workflows, achieving competitive performance on benchmarks like MMMU, MMBench, DocVQA, and MMLongBench. This system marks a shift towards autonomous visual reasoning, enhancing visual intelligence.

RTS-Mono: A Real-Time Self-Supervised Monocular Depth Estimation Method for Real-World Deployment

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