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New Relation-Orbit method enhances VLM spatial claim verification

Researchers have developed a new method called Relation-Orbit for improving the accuracy of vision-language models (VLMs) in verifying claims that involve spatial relationships, such as left-right distinctions. This technique aggregates likelihood measurements derived from interventions like horizontal reflection to create a more robust verification signal. Evaluations on datasets like VSR and GQA, using various frozen VLMs including LLaVA-1.5, demonstrated that Relation-Orbit outperforms existing baselines in terms of coverage at a controlled risk level. AI

IMPACT This method could improve the reliability of AI systems in understanding and verifying spatial relationships in images and text.

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New Relation-Orbit method enhances VLM spatial claim verification

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  1. arXiv cs.CV TIER_1 English(EN) · Zhouzhi Xiong, Chuxi Zhang, Weizhen He, Yi Chen, Qi Li, Donglian Qi ·

    Symmetry-Aware Likelihood-Orbit Aggregation for Selective Left-Right Claim Verification

    arXiv:2609.17004v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Frozen vision-language models (VLMs) remain unreliable on fine-grained left-right claims, and raw claim likelihoods need not reliably rank verification errors. After a horizontal-reflection intervention is fixed, how should its indu…