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New framework enhances DNN testing with latent space mutation

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Researchers have developed Latte, a new black-box testing framework for deep neural networks designed to improve the identification of model weaknesses. Latte operates by mutating inputs within the network's latent space, generating test cases that are semantically similar to original inputs but diverse and capable of revealing errors. Evaluations on multiple datasets and models show that Latte enhances fault exposure and behavioral diversity compared to existing methods, while maintaining low semantic drift from the source seeds. AI

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  1. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Bin Duan, Matthew B. Dwyer, Guowei Yang ·

    Latent Anchor-Driven Test Generation for Deep Neural Networks

    arXiv:2606.04310v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) are increasingly being deployed in security-critical and safety-sensitive applications, which makes rigorous testing essential to identify and mitigate model weaknesses. Existing DNN testing approaches ex…

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