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    "body_text": "LeWAM trains forward, backward, inverse-dynamics and policy prediction together on a decoder-free JEPA representation. Linear probes read robot and object state better than from a forward-only comparison while the latent remains resistant to visual distractors. At matched size, closed-loop action results matched a regular flow-matching policy trained on the same encoder, with a world model included. For planning, the authors steer samples through the policy head’s noise space rather than optimize raw actions, improving the tested world-action models’ closed-loop performance. The distinction matters because an optimizer can discover actions that exploit prediction errors instead of helping the real task. The evidence remains bounded by the reported evaluations.",
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