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Latent-DARM: Bridging Discrete Diffusion And Autoregressive Models For Reasoning

arXiv cs.LG / 3/11/2026

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  • Latent-DARM is a novel framework that integrates Discrete Diffusion Language Models (DDLMs) and Autoregressive Models (ARMs) to enhance multi-agent reasoning capabilities by combining global non-sequential planning with fluent sequential execution.
  • The approach enables collaboration between heterogeneous models, addressing limitations of ARMs in global reasoning and DDLMs in text fluency.
  • Latent-DARM shows significant improvements on reasoning benchmarks, increasing accuracy notably on DART-5 and AIME2024 datasets, while using a fraction of the token budget compared to state-of-the-art models.
  • This advancement highlights an efficient multi-agent communication mechanism that leverages latent representations, enabling more effective planning and execution in AI systems.
  • The framework marks a substantial step forward in bridging discrete diffusion-based and autoregressive approaches for comprehensive reasoning tasks in AI research.

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arXiv:2603.09184 (cs)
[Submitted on 10 Mar 2026]

Title:Latent-DARM: Bridging Discrete Diffusion And Autoregressive Models For Reasoning

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Abstract:Most multi-agent systems rely exclusively on autoregressive language models (ARMs) that are based on sequential generation. Although effective for fluent text, ARMs limit global reasoning and plan revision. On the other hand, Discrete Diffusion Language Models (DDLMs) enable non-sequential, globally revisable generation and have shown strong planning capabilities, but their limited text fluency hinders direct collaboration with ARMs. We introduce Latent-DARM, a latent-space communication framework bridging DDLM (planners) and ARM (executors), maximizing collaborative benefits. Across mathematical, scientific, and commonsense reasoning benchmarks, Latent-DARM outperforms text-based interfaces on average, improving accuracy from 27.0% to 36.0% on DART-5 and from 0.0% to 14.0% on AIME2024. Latent-DARM approaches the results of state-of-the-art reasoning models while using less than 2.2% of its token budget. This work advances multi-agent collaboration among agents with heterogeneous models.
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Subjects: Machine Learning (cs.LG); Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
Cite as: arXiv:2603.09184 [cs.LG]
  (or arXiv:2603.09184v1 [cs.LG] for this version)
  https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2603.09184
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From: Lina Berrayana [view email]
[v1] Tue, 10 Mar 2026 04:45:26 UTC (420 KB)
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