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TikZilla models generate scientific figures, rivaling GPT-5

Researchers have developed TikZilla, a new family of open-source Qwen models designed to generate high-quality scientific figures from textual descriptions. The models utilize a two-stage training process involving supervised fine-tuning and reinforcement learning, with the latter leveraging an image encoder for semantically faithful reward signals. TikZilla significantly outperforms its base models and rivals GPT-5 in image-based evaluations, while also surpassing GPT-4o, all at a much smaller model size. AI

IMPACT This research could accelerate scientific visualization and communication by enabling more efficient and accurate generation of complex figures from text.

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TikZilla models generate scientific figures, rivaling GPT-5

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Christian Greisinger, Steffen Eger ·

    TikZilla: Scaling Text-to-TikZ with High-Quality Data and Reinforcement Learning

    arXiv:2603.03072v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used to assist scientists across diverse workflows. A key challenge is generating high-quality figures from textual descriptions, often represented as TikZ programs that can be rende…