Prompt EngineeringXi Wang et al.
Conformal Thinking
Published "Conformal Thinking" — recasts the allocation of reasoning compute budgets as a conformal risk control problem
Why it matters
Formalizes budget-forcing (s1)-style control of reasoning budgets within a framework of statistical guarantees
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Paperarxiv.orghttps://arxiv.org/abs/2602.03814Added in Week 35, 2026 · See that week