Diffusion LM papers in 2026

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2026-08-31T15:00:30+00:00 · Masked / discrete diffusion, Reasoning, Code generation · Source

CARVE: Verified Expansion for Variable-Length Generation in Diffusion Language Models

Masked diffusion language models predict tokens from a partially observed response canvas, enabling bidirectional conditioning and parallel token refinement. Yet standard masked-diffusion decoders use a rigid inference interface: the number of masked positions allocated to the answer is fixed before generation begins. Choosing this length is difficult. A short canvas can truncate reasoning or code, while a long canvas wastes computation and can perturb denoising. We introduce CARVE (Counterfactual-Aware Reveal with Verified Expansion), a training-free variable-length algorithm for masked diffu

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