arXiv:2603.06870v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Long-horizon execution in Large Language Models (LLMs) remains unstable even when high-level strategies are provided. Evaluating on controlled algorithmic puzzles, we demonstrate that while decomposition is essential for stability, extreme decomposition creates a “no-recovery bottleneck”. We show that this bottleneck becomes critical due to highly non-uniform error distribution, where consistent errors on a few “hard” steps become irreversible.
To address this, we propose Lookahead-Enhanced Atomic Decomposition (LEAD). By incorporating short-horizon future validation and aggregating overlapping rollouts, LEAD provides enough isolation to maintain stability while retaining enough local context to correct errors. This enables the o4-mini model to solve Checkers Jumping up to complexity $n=13$, whereas extreme decomposition fails beyond $n=11$.
BadLLM-TG: A Backdoor Defender powered by LLM Trigger Generator
arXiv:2603.15692v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Backdoor attacks compromise model reliability by using triggers to manipulate outputs. Trigger inversion can accurately locate these triggers via a