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D-JEPA: A Decision-Aligned Latent World Model

arXiv · AI, language, vision and robotics · article · Sep 21, 2026 · UTC

Latent world models predict the consequences of actions, but accurate prediction does not guarantee that latent distance reflects which candidate will execute successfully. We identify a decision-local prediction gap: among the few futures competing for execution, a candidate predicted closer to the goal can produce a worse realized outcome than an available alternative. We introduce D-JEPA, a decision-aligned latent world model that learns decision-relevant relations among candidate futures from executed outcomes. A bounded, permutation-equivariant operator jointly reasons over goal-relative

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