This paper unifies classical visual coding and modern visual token technology, proposing a framework that bridges their distinct approaches to visual information compression. It demonstrates how principles from each field can enhance the other, particularly for multimodal AI applications.

This paper introduces Chameleon, an adaptive adversarial framework that exploits image downscaling vulnerabilities in Vision-Language Models (VLMs) to inject hidden malicious visual prompts. By employing an iterative, feedback-driven optimization mechanism, Chameleon can craft imperceptible perturbations that hijack VLM execution and compromise agentic decision-making systems.

DraCo introduces a novel interleaved reasoning paradigm, Draft-as-CoT, for text-to-image generation that leverages both textual and visual content. This approach addresses limitations of existing methods by generating low-resolution draft images for visual planning and verification, significantly improving the generation of rare attribute combinations and overall image quality.