According to @berkeley_ai, researchers from the Berkeley AI Research (BAIR) lab led by @trevordarrell received the Outstanding Paper Award at #COLM2025 for their work titled 'Hidden in plain sight: VLMs overlook their visual representations.' This paper reveals that many visual language models (VLMs) fail to fully utilize their internal visual representations, leading to missed opportunities for improved performance in AI-powered image understanding and multimodal applications (Source: @berkeley_ai, 2025-10-10). This discovery has significant implications for the AI industry, highlighting a critical area for model optimization and new business opportunities in enhancing VLM architectures for sectors like e-commerce, healthcare, and autonomous systems.