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New theory links JEPA world models to Active Inference via SIGReg objective

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A new theoretical paper proposes that the SIGReg objective, when used as an anti-collapse regularizer in Joint-Embedding Predictive Architectures (JEPAs), can serve as a valid Active Inference (AIF) variational free energy. The research categorizes four non-contrastive regularizers (VICReg, LogDet, PairDist, and SIGReg) into an entropy-estimator hierarchy, demonstrating how SIGReg eliminates a prior-miscalibration gap. This allows the JEPA objective to become an exact information bottleneck and a proxy for AIF pragmatic value, unlike other regularizers which leave irreducible terms. AI

IMPACT This theoretical work could refine the design of world models, potentially leading to more efficient and principled AI architectures.

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Fabio Arnez, Alexandra Gomez-Villa ·

    The SIGReg Objective as Variational Free Energy: A Theoretical Active-Inference Account of JEPA World Models

    arXiv:2607.13612v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Joint-Embedding Predictive Architectures (JEPAs) are the dominant design for latent world models, yet they are usually justified by empirical performance rather than a normative principle. We show that the choice of anti-collapse …

  2. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Alexandra Gomez-Villa ·

    The SIGReg Objective as Variational Free Energy: A Theoretical Active-Inference Account of JEPA World Models

    Joint-Embedding Predictive Architectures (JEPAs) are the dominant design for latent world models, yet they are usually justified by empirical performance rather than a normative principle. We show that the choice of anti-collapse regulariser determines whether a JEPA's training o…

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