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XMUspeech Systems for the ASVspoof 5 Challenge
Wangjie Li, Xingjia Xie, Yishuang Li, Wenhao Guan, Kaidi Wang, Pengyu Ren, Lin Li, Qingyang Hong
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.18102 …

XMUspeech Systems for the ASVspoof 5 Challenge
In this paper, we present our submitted XMUspeech systems to the speech deepfake detection track of the ASVspoof 5 Challenge. Compared to previous challenges, the audio duration in ASVspoof 5 database has significantly increased. And we observed that merely adjusting the input audio length can substantially improve system performance. To capture artifacts at multiple levels, we explored the performance of AASIST, HM-Conformer, Hubert, and Wav2vec2 with various input features and loss functions.…

Magnon topology driven by altermagnetism
Subhankar Khatua, Volodymyr P. Kravchuk, Kostiantyn V. Yershov, Jeroen van den Brink
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.17822 https://

Magnon topology driven by altermagnetism
Altermagnets present a new class of fully compensated collinear magnetic order, where the two sublattices are not related merely by time-reversal combined with lattice translation or inversion, but require an additional lattice rotation. This distinctive symmetry leads to a characteristic splitting of the magnon bands; however the splitting is only partial -- residual degeneracies persist along certain lines in the Brillouin zone as a consequence of the underlying altermagnetic rotation. We con…

Uncertainty-Aware Knowledge Transformers for Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading with Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning
Mian Ibad Ali Shah, Enda Barrett, Karl Mason
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.16796

Uncertainty-Aware Knowledge Transformers for Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading with Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning
This paper presents a novel framework for Peer-to-Peer (P2P) energy trading that integrates uncertainty-aware prediction with multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL), addressing a critical gap in current literature. In contrast to previous works relying on deterministic forecasts, the proposed approach employs a heteroscedastic probabilistic transformer-based prediction model called Knowledge Transformer with Uncertainty (KTU) to explicitly quantify prediction uncertainty, which is essential …

Beyond Ethical Alignment: Evaluating LLMs as Artificial Moral Assistants
Alessio Galatolo, Luca Alberto Rappuoli, Katie Winkle, Meriem Beloucif
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.12754 …

Beyond Ethical Alignment: Evaluating LLMs as Artificial Moral Assistants
The recent rise in popularity of large language models (LLMs) has prompted considerable concerns about their moral capabilities. Although considerable effort has been dedicated to aligning LLMs with human moral values, existing benchmarks and evaluations remain largely superficial, typically measuring alignment based on final ethical verdicts rather than explicit moral reasoning. In response, this paper aims to advance the investigation of LLMs' moral capabilities by examining their capacity to…

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20 US bishops join interfaith effort opposing ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ as ‘moral failure’ - Northwest Catholic: Read Catholic News & Stories
https://nwcatholic.org/news/kate-scanlon-osv-news/20-us-bishops-join-interfaith-effort-opposing-big-beautiful-bill-as-moral-failure

Business software was a mistake https://hachyderm.io/@katemorley/114817160349601290

Kate Morley (@katemorley@hachyderm.io)
Attached: 1 image You know that meme about the ridiculous names of business productivity software? This is an actual notification I received at work this morning:

Trump’s appeal isn’t rooted in policy;
it’s rooted in style.
I He uses delusional bravado to cosplay as a rebel against a broken system that both parties helped to rig.
The Democratic establishment’s timid, survivalist politics can’t compete with that.
You can’t beat an immoral agent of chaos with risk aversion.
You beat him with moral clarity
— the kind that’s willing to sacrifice corporate donations, political comfort and maybe even your own career for t…

Opinion | This Is the Moment Democrats Have Been Talking About for Years
The party establishment is missing its chance to prove there is more to it than just outrage and opposition.

From plasma to pattern: observation and characterization of periodic structure formation in dielectric breakdown channels of electron-irradiated insulators
Nick R. Schwartz, Bryson C. Clifford, Carolyn Chun, Emily H. Frashure, Kathryn M. Sturge, Noah Hoppis, Holly Wilson, Meryl Wiratmo, Jack R. FitzGibbon, Ethan T. Basinger, Brian L. Beaudoin, Raymond J. Phaneuf, John Cumings, Timothy W. Koeth

From plasma to pattern: observation and characterization of periodic structure formation in dielectric breakdown channels of electron-irradiated insulators
Dielectric breakdown of insulators is one of the most common failure modes of electronics in the high-radiation environment of space, but its mechanics remain poorly understood. When electron-irradiated polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) undergoes breakdown, the resulting channels exhibit striking periodic structures with characteristic wavelengths ~80 μm in the recently identified ivy-mode channels. These previously unobserved modulations offer unique insights into the physics of ultra-fast diele…