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Video LLMs fail character tracking despite benchmark scores

A new study published on arXiv reveals that current Video Large Language Models (Video-LLMs) struggle with accurately tracking characters throughout long videos. Despite strong performance on benchmarks like InfiniBench's global appearance task, the models often fail to identify specific characters, especially when distinguishing between individuals of the same gender. The research suggests that these models rely on superficial cues like gender rather than deep character recognition, leading to significant drops in accuracy when questions are posed open-endedly or when character names are altered. AI

IMPACT Reveals limitations in current Video-LLMs, suggesting a need for improved character-tracking mechanisms beyond superficial cues.

RANK_REASON The cluster contains an academic paper detailing research findings on Video-LLM capabilities.

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Video LLMs fail character tracking despite benchmark scores

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COVERAGE [3]

  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Mohammad Al-Ratrout, Shayla Sharmin, Aditya Raikwar, Roghayeh Leila Barmaki ·

    Do Video-LLMs Actually Watch? Diagnosing Character-Tracking Failures in Long-Form Video

    arXiv:2607.11078v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Can a Video Large Language Model (Video-LLM) follow one person through a long video, keeping track of who they are well enough to report, in order, how their outfit changes across a full TV episode? Benchmarks increasingly score t…

  2. Hugging Face Daily Papers TIER_1 English(EN) ·

    Do Video-LLMs Actually Watch? Diagnosing Character-Tracking Failures in Long-Form Video

    Can a Video Large Language Model (Video-LLM) follow one person through a long video, keeping track of who they are well enough to report, in order, how their outfit changes across a full TV episode? Benchmarks increasingly score this kind of task, and the strongest open-source 7-…

  3. arXiv cs.CV TIER_1 English(EN) · Roghayeh Leila Barmaki ·

    Do Video-LLMs Actually Watch? Diagnosing Character-Tracking Failures in Long-Form Video

    Can a Video Large Language Model (Video-LLM) follow one person through a long video, keeping track of who they are well enough to report, in order, how their outfit changes across a full TV episode? Benchmarks increasingly score this kind of task, and the strongest open-source 7-…