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AINeutralarXiv – CS AI · Jun 196/10

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IHBench: Evaluating Post-Interruption Recovery in Voice Agents with Structured Workflows

Researchers introduce IHBench, a benchmark for evaluating how voice agents recover from user interruptions while executing multi-step workflows in enterprise settings. Testing 27 model configurations reveals closed-weight models (OpenAI, Google) significantly outperform open-weight alternatives in handling interruptions, recovering 3.3x more gracefully and maintaining task completion rates.

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AIBullisharXiv – CS AI · Jun 116/10

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Overcoming State Inertia in Full-Duplex Spoken Language Models via Activation Steering

Researchers identify and solve a critical limitation in full-duplex spoken language models: state inertia that causes them to miss user interruptions. Using activation steering without fine-tuning, they improve interruption comprehension from 28% to 45% correctness, demonstrating a training-free method to enhance real-time conversational AI.