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• Participants who were more familiar with the tasks and had a higher affinity for technology were more likely to delegate decisions to AI. (ML: 0.99)👍👎
• The findings suggest that users are more likely to delegate decisions to AI when they have access to accurate and reliable information about each system. (ML: 0.99)👍👎
• The researchers suggest that the findings have implications for the design of AI systems and the information provided to users, as well as for the development of policies regulating AI decision-making. (ML: 0.98)👍👎
• Lemon density: The proportion of AI systems in the pool that are lemons (i.e., low-accuracy or high-error-rate AIs). (ML: 0.98)👍👎
• Delegation to AI: The percentage of decisions made by participants using an AI system. (ML: 0.98)👍👎
• The study also found that participants' risk attitudes and perceived lemon density did not have a significant impact on their delegation behavior. (ML: 0.97)👍👎
• The study highlights the importance of considering both information disclosure and lemon density when designing AI systems. (ML: 0.97)👍👎
• The study aims to investigate how information disclosure affects the behavior of individuals when delegating decisions to AI systems. (ML: 0.97)👍👎
• The researchers recruited 330 participants, half of whom were female, and assigned them to one of seven conditions based on the level of information disclosure and lemon density. (ML: 0.96)👍👎
• However, the presence of lemons in the AI pool can undermine this effect, leading to decreased delegation rates. (ML: 0.96)👍👎
• The results showed that delegation to AI increased with higher levels of information disclosure, but this effect was moderated by the presence of lemons in the AI pool. (ML: 0.96)👍👎
• Information disclosure: The amount of information provided to users about each AI system, including its accuracy and data quality. (ML: 0.94)👍👎
• Coins earned: The number of virtual coins earned by participants as a result of correct predictions across the 30 trials. (ML: 0.92)👍👎

Abstract
AI consumer markets are characterized by severe buyer-supplier market asymmetries. Complex AI systems can appear highly accurate while making costly errors or embedding hidden defects. While there have been regulatory efforts surrounding different forms of disclosure, large information gaps remain. This paper provides the first experimental evidence on the important role of information asymmetries and disclosure designs in shaping user adoption of AI systems. We systematically vary the density of low-quality AI systems and the depth of disclosure requirements in a simulated AI product market to gauge how people react to the risk of accidentally relying on a low-quality AI system. Then, we compare participants' choices to a rational Bayesian model, analyzing the degree to which partial information disclosure can improve AI adoption. Our results underscore the deleterious effects of information asymmetries on AI adoption, but also highlight the potential of partial disclosure designs to improve the overall efficiency of human decision-making.

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This paper directly addresses the critical issue of information asymmetry within AI markets, a key concern for product strategy and understanding adoption rates – aligning with your interests in AI for product management.

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• The results are limited by the specific task and dataset used, and may not generalize to other domains or applications. (ML: 0.98)👍👎
• Previous research has shown that humans can develop efficient languages for describing images, but this is the first study to demonstrate the ability of GPT models to do so. (ML: 0.97)👍👎
• The languages developed by GPT are effective in conveying complex information about image features. (ML: 0.97)👍👎
• The experiments demonstrate the ability of GPT models to develop efficient languages for describing images. (ML: 0.96)👍👎
• Efficient Language: A language that conveys a lot of information with minimal complexity and ambiguity. (ML: 0.95)👍👎
• The experiments rely on the GPT model's ability to generate efficient languages, which may not always be possible or desirable. (ML: 0.95)👍👎
• The results show that GPT can learn to communicate implicitly through actions, even when the language is not explicitly defined, which has implications for human-computer interaction and artificial intelligence. (ML: 0.94)👍👎
• The experiments demonstrate the ability of GPT models to develop efficient languages for describing images, which can be used in various applications such as image classification and retrieval. (ML: 0.94)👍👎
• The results show that GPT can learn to communicate implicitly through actions, even when the language is not explicitly defined. (ML: 0.92)👍👎
• Referential Game: An experiment where two or more agents communicate using a shared vocabulary to identify an object or image based on its features. (ML: 0.91)👍👎

Abstract
We investigate whether \emph{LLM-based agents} can develop task-oriented communication protocols that differ from standard natural language in collaborative reasoning tasks. Our focus is on two core properties such task-oriented protocols may exhibit: Efficiency -- conveying task-relevant information more concisely than natural language, and Covertness -- becoming difficult for external observers to interpret, raising concerns about transparency and control. To investigate these aspects, we use a referential-game framework in which vision-language model (VLM) agents communicate, providing a controlled, measurable setting for evaluating language variants. Experiments show that VLMs can develop effective, task-adapted communication patterns. At the same time, they can develop covert protocols that are difficult for humans and external agents to interpret. We also observe spontaneous coordination between similar models without explicitly shared protocols. These findings highlight both the potential and the risks of task-oriented communication, and position referential games as a valuable testbed for future work in this area.

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Exploring task-oriented communication in vision-language models is relevant to designing effective AI-powered tools for teams, a core focus of your product roadmap interests.

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• There are inter-dependencies between the items above, and to successfully and quickly land an improvement, there is often the need to make changes across multiple layers of the stack, as well as the need for an effective collaboration between people or teams involved. (ML: 0.98)👍👎
• IDE: Integrated Development Environment SDLC: Software Development Lifecycle AI-assisted Code Authoring at Scale: Fine-tuning, deploying, and mixed methods evaluation ML-Enhanced Code Completion Improves Developer Productivity The authors believe that the discussion will help applied ML teams in the industry working on AI coding products with a holistic approach towards productivity improvements of software engineers. (ML: 0.97)👍👎
• AI-powered software engineering features can significantly enhance developer productivity. (ML: 0.94)👍👎
• The article does not provide a clear roadmap for implementing these features in other companies. (ML: 0.91)👍👎
• The features discussed in this article are part of milestone 1, where AI acts as a pair programmer accelerating software engineers in some tasks. (ML: 0.90)👍👎
• Long-running asynchronous agents pose novel challenges on IDE UX. (ML: 0.81)👍👎

Abstract
We discuss Google's journey in developing and refining two internal AI-based IDE features: code completion and natural-language-driven code transformation (Transform Code). We address challenges in latency, user experience and suggestion quality, all backed by rigorous experimentation. The article serves as an example of how to refine AI developer tools across the user interface, backend, and model layers, to deliver tangible productivity improvements in an enterprise setting.

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• The study found that transformations were not always successful in making representations universally accessible. (ML: 0.99)👍👎
• The study found that transformations were triggered either reactively or proactively. (ML: 0.98)👍👎
• The study found four patterns of transformation and coordination: Disposable Fixes, Transformed Becomes Standard, Parallel Representations, and Assembly. (ML: 0.97)👍👎
• Parallel Representations is a negotiated agreement to manage persistent barriers, but it highlights the tension between independence and support. (ML: 0.97)👍👎
• The study suggests that technology design should prioritize accessibility and integration with group work to support mixed-visual ability teams. (ML: 0.96)👍👎
• Transformed Becomes Standard involves advocacy for collective change through negotiation to shift the team's shared practices. (ML: 0.96)👍👎
• The transformation was often an simplification of the original representation rather than an enhancement. (ML: 0.96)👍👎
• Representation: A form or structure used to convey information, such as a document or image. (ML: 0.94)👍👎
• Assembly describes how a team assembles an accessible (and sometimes multi-modal) representation through a constructive process. (ML: 0.94)👍👎
• Reactive triggers are unexpected and often place burdens on one individual, while proactive triggers are anticipated and allow for more thoughtful actions. (ML: 0.93)👍👎
• The negotiation of transformation labour is a negotiated process; teams decide how to distribute the labour, and this can be explicit and transactional or implicit and relational. (ML: 0.92)👍👎
• Disposable Fixes is a solitary, uncoordinated act where an individual transforms a representation themselves without seeking assistance. (ML: 0.91)👍👎

Abstract
Blind and low-vision (BLV) employees in mixed-visual ability teams often encounter information (e.g., PDFs, diagrams) in inaccessible formats. To enable teamwork, teams must transform these representations by modifying or re-creating them into accessible forms. However, these transformations are frequently overlooked, lack infrastructural support, and cause additional labour. To design systems that move beyond one-off accommodations to effective mixed-ability collaboration, we need a deeper understanding of the representations, their transformations and how they occur. We conducted a week-long diary study with follow-up interviews with 23 BLV and sighted professionals from five legal, non-profit, and consulting teams, documenting 36 transformation cases. Our analysis characterizes how teams perform representational transformations for accessibility: how they are triggered proactively or reactively, how they simplify or enhance, and four common patterns in which workers coordinate with each other to address representational incompatibility. Our findings uncover opportunities for designing systems that can better support mixed-visual ability work.

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• Transfer learning: A technique where a pre-trained model is fine-tuned on a new task or dataset, rather than training from scratch. (ML: 0.97)👍👎
• Model collaboration: The process of combining multiple language models to improve their performance and efficiency. (ML: 0.97)👍👎
• The use of large-scale datasets and benchmarks will remain crucial for evaluating and comparing the performance of different models. (ML: 0.96)👍👎
• Multi-task learning: A technique where a single model is trained on multiple tasks simultaneously, allowing it to learn shared representations and improve performance on each task. (ML: 0.96)👍👎
• The use of large-scale datasets and benchmarks is becoming increasingly important for evaluating and comparing the performance of different models. (ML: 0.96)👍👎
• Researchers are continuing to explore innovative approaches to improve the performance and efficiency of language models. (ML: 0.95)👍👎
• Researchers are exploring various approaches to improve the performance and efficiency of language models, including ensemble methods, transfer learning, and multi-task learning. (ML: 0.94)👍👎
• Ensemble methods: Techniques used to combine the predictions or outputs of multiple models to produce a more accurate result. (ML: 0.94)👍👎
• The field of model collaboration is rapidly evolving with the development of new techniques and tools. (ML: 0.91)👍👎
• The field of model collaboration has made significant progress in recent years, with the development of new techniques and tools. (ML: 0.89)👍👎

Abstract
Advancing beyond single monolithic language models (LMs), recent research increasingly recognizes the importance of model collaboration, where multiple LMs collaborate, compose, and complement each other. Existing research on this topic has mostly been disparate and disconnected, from different research communities, and lacks rigorous comparison. To consolidate existing research and establish model collaboration as a school of thought, we present MoCo: a one-stop Python library of executing, benchmarking, and comparing model collaboration algorithms at scale. MoCo features 26 model collaboration methods, spanning diverse levels of cross-model information exchange such as routing, text, logit, and model parameters. MoCo integrates 25 evaluation datasets spanning reasoning, QA, code, safety, and more, while users could flexibly bring their own data. Extensive experiments with MoCo demonstrate that most collaboration strategies outperform models without collaboration in 61.0% of (model, data) settings on average, with the most effective methods outperforming by up to 25.8%. We further analyze the scaling of model collaboration strategies, the training/inference efficiency of diverse methods, highlight that the collaborative system solves problems where single LMs struggle, and discuss future work in model collaboration, all made possible by MoCo. We envision MoCo as a valuable toolkit to facilitate and turbocharge the quest for an open, modular, decentralized, and collaborative AI future.

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