From Prompting to Preference Optimization: A Comparative Study of LLM-based Automated Essay Scoring
arXiv:2603.06424v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) have recently reshaped Automated Essay Scoring (AES), yet prior studies typically examine individual techniques in isolation, limiting understanding of their relative merits for English as a Second Language (L2) writing. To...
Abductive Reasoning with Syllogistic Forms in Large Language Models
arXiv:2603.06428v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Research in AI using Large-Language Models (LLMs) is rapidly evolving, and the comparison of their performance with human reasoning has become a key concern. Prior studies have indicated that LLMs and humans share similar biases,...
Beyond Rows to Reasoning: Agentic Retrieval for Multimodal Spreadsheet Understanding and Editing
arXiv:2603.06503v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Recent advances in multimodal Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) enable Large Language Models (LLMs) to analyze enterprise spreadsheet workbooks containing millions of cells, cross-sheet dependencies, and embedded visual artifacts. However, state-of-the-art approaches exclude critical context through single-pass...
IntSeqBERT: Learning Arithmetic Structure in OEIS via Modulo-Spectrum Embeddings
arXiv:2603.05556v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Integer sequences in the OEIS span values from single-digit constants to astronomical factorials and exponentials, making prediction challenging for standard tokenised models that cannot handle out-of-vocabulary values or exploit periodic arithmetic structure. We present IntSeqBERT,...
MoE Lens -- An Expert Is All You Need
arXiv:2603.05806v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Mixture of Experts (MoE) models enable parameter-efficient scaling through sparse expert activations, yet optimizing their inference and memory costs remains challenging due to limited understanding of their specialization behavior. We present a systematic analysis of...
Gradient Flow Polarizes Softmax Outputs towards Low-Entropy Solutions
arXiv:2603.06248v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Understanding the intricate non-convex training dynamics of softmax-based models is crucial for explaining the empirical success of transformers. In this article, we analyze the gradient flow dynamics of the value-softmax model, defined as ${L}(\mathbf{V} \sigma(\mathbf{a}))$,...
The Concept of Accountability in AI Ethics and Governance
Abstract Calls to hold artificial intelligence to account are intensifying. Activists and researchers alike warn of an “accountability gap” or even a “crisis of accountability” in AI. Meanwhile, several prominent scholars maintain that accountability holds the key to governing AI....
DE-TRUMPING THE 2024 ELECTION? REVIEWING MINNESOTA’S ROLE IN THE MOVEMENT TO BAN DONALD TRUMP FROM THE BALLOT - Minnesota Law Review
By Callan Showers, Volume 108 Staff Member On November 2, 2023, the Minnesota Supreme Court heard oral arguments on whether Donald Trump can lawfully appear on Minnesota’s ballots in the 2024 Presidential election due to his participation in efforts to...
The copyright protection of AI-generated content in video games
Abstract The increasing use of artificial intelligence in video game development, particularly through advanced procedural content generation, challenges traditional copyright frameworks. While AI-generated content is now integral to enhancing efficiency and player experience, its copyright status remains disputed, especially regarding...
Possibilities of using artificial intelligence and natural language processing to analyse legal norms and interpret them
The study aaddressed the possibilities of using information technology and natural language in the study of legal norms. The study aimed to develop methods for using artificial intelligence and natural language processing to analyse jurisprudence. To achieve this goal, automatic...
A Review On Alex AI Legal Assistant
The profession of law has changed along with many other industries due to the quick development of artificial intelligence (AI). However, in applications specialized to the legal domain, general-purpose AI models like ChatGPT, DeepSeek, and Gemini show limits. This evaluation...
The Risk-Based Approach of the European Union’s Proposed Artificial Intelligence Regulation: Some Comments from a Tort Law Perspective
Abstract How can tort law contribute to a better understanding of the risk-based approach in the European Union’s (EU) Artificial Intelligence Act proposal and evolving liability regime? In a new legal area of intense development, it is pivotal to make...
A Comparative Study of Undue Influence and Unfair Conduct in Contract Law Using NLP and Knowledge Graphs: Bridging Common Law and Chinese Legal Systems Through Computational Legal Intelligence
This study explores intelligent identification methods for undue influence and grossly unfair clauses from the cross-perspectives of artificial intelligence and comparative contract law, focusing on the integration of intelligent text analysis and legal knowledge graph technology. By constructing a dual...
Terms of use of judicial acts for machine learning (analysis of some judicial decisions on the protection of property rights).
The subject of the article is some judicial acts on cases concerning protection of private property issued in Russia in recent years in the context of changes in the procedural legislation and legislation on the judicial system. The purpose of...
Beyond Personhood
This paper examines the evolution of legal personhood and explores whether historical precedents—from corporate personhood to environmental legal recognition—can inform frameworks for governing artificial intelligence (AI). By tracing the development of persona ficta in Roman law and subsequent expansions of...
Geometric Conservation Law and Its Application to Flow Computations on Moving Grids
Boundary-conforming coordinate transformations are used widely to map a flow region onto a computational space in which a finite-difference solution to the differential flow conservation laws is carried out. This method entails difficulties with maintenance of global conservation and with...
Ethical Considerations and Fundamental Principles of Large Language Models in Medical Education: Viewpoint
This viewpoint article first explores the ethical challenges associated with the future application of large language models (LLMs) in the context of medical education. These challenges include not only ethical concerns related to the development of LLMs, such as artificial...
Could the Decisions of Quasi-Judicial Institutions be Predicted by Machine Learning Techniques?
Abstract This study investigates the extent to which the conclusion of a decision can be predicted from other parts of the decision from quasi-judicial institutions using machine learning. Predicting conclusions in quasi-judicial bodies poses unique challenges and opportunities because the...
Pressing Charges: Criminal Fees and the Excessive Fines Clause lawreview - Minnesota Law Review
By ANNEMARIE FOY. Full Text. Millions of people owe money to the government as a consequence of a criminal charge. But while some of that debt is tied to fines or restitution, much of it is levied as fees, or...
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Good models borrow, great models steal: intellectual property rights and generative AI
Abstract Two critical policy questions will determine the impact of generative artificial intelligence (AI) on the knowledge economy and the creative sector. The first concerns how we think about the training of such models—in particular, whether the creators or owners...
Symposia Archive - Minnesota Law Review
2024–25 Environmental and Energy Regulation Reformation: Challenges and Solutions After West Virginia v. EPA, Sackett v. EPA, and Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo 2023–24 Aiming for Answers: Balancing Rights, Safety, and Justice in a Post-Bruen America 2022–23 Leaving Langdell Behind:...
Machine Ethics: The Design and Governance of Ethical AI and Autonomous Systems [Scanning the Issue]
The so-called fourth industrial revolution and its economic and societal implications are no longer solely an academic concern, but a matter for political as well as public debate. Characterized as the convergence of robotics, AI, autonomous systems and information technology...
An Adaptive Conceptualisation of Artificial Intelligence and the Law, Regulation and Ethics
The description of a combination of technologies as ‘artificial intelligence’ (AI) is misleading. To ascribe intelligence to a statistical model without human attribution points towards an attempt at shifting legal, social, and ethical responsibilities to machines. This paper exposes the...
Executive Branch Forum Shopping
Courts agree that the federal government may not seize a person in the United States and immediately ship them off to a prison in another country without providing any opportunity for judicial review. But this basic constitutional rule has proven...
Suno AI and musings of copyright: An enquiry into fair learning and infringement analysis of generative AI creation
Abstract Music is a language that is spoken between the performer and the listener. Platforms like SUNO AI have enabled even non‐musicians to create music and don the hats of composers by giving few prompts without understanding the language in...
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Delegation Running Ratchet
Introduction In the nondelegation doctrine’s “one good year,”[1] Justice Benjamin Cardozo famously denounced a portion of the National Industrial Recovery Act as “delegation running riot.”[2] Ninety years later during oral argument in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump[3]—the blockbuster case testing...
The Endless Election Law War
Introduction Since the nation’s founding, major political parties have clashed over the rules that govern our elections.[1] The intensity of these conflicts has fluctuated, with some periods marked by subdued disputes and others by fierce legislative battles and litigation. Over...