Website report · 1 h ago

arxiv.org

“MemeTrace: A Multimodal LLM-Based Agent for Safety-Aware Meme Provenance Analysis”

Template-written 17 evidence items Code reader analysed 2 scripts
What this means for you

arxiv.org talked to 2 outside services on a first visit.E4E6

  • An AI agent used the site and saw 0 of 1 claimed features working.E15E16E17
  • AI / agents: “…ge Scenarios License: CC BY 4.0 arXiv:2610.19267v1 [cs.AI] 13 Oct 2026”: The quoted text is the arXiv metadata line of a research paper. The abstract page shows the same details: category cs.AI, submitted 13 Oct 2026, CC BY 4.0 license. The page describes the MemeTrace LLM agent in writing only. It has no demo, chat box or app, so the agent could not be run from this site.E15E16E17
  • Also noticed, Static academic paper page: The HTML paper page made no network calls when it loaded or when I followed a table-of-contents link. The abstract page fetched only an arXiv announcements JSON file and links to PDF, TeX source and Audio Summary versions.E15E16E17
  • Tech check: the site mentions ai / agents, but we found nothing behind it in what its public page loads.E13
  • We saw no known analytics or advertising services load on the first visit.E1

Tech check

What the site says about itself, next to what its public page actually loads. Facts only, no verdict: you decide.

Nothing found on the public page

AI / agents

“…ge Scenarios License: CC BY 4.0 arXiv:2610.19267v1 [cs.AI] 13 Oct 2026”E13

No matching code, calls or services in what loaded for us.

Calls its own backend /static/design-system/latest/json/announcements.json, /institutional_bannerE9E10
Wallet code none seen
Contract calls in its code none seen
Talks to AI services none seen
Live connections none seen

The real tech may live elsewhere. This page links to: github.com/JaidedAI/EasyOCR · check the code github.com/arXiv/html_feedback · check the code github.com/brucemiller/LaTeXML · check the code

What the AI agent tried

An AI agent (claude-opus-5-5) used the site in our sandbox for 3 steps and saw 0 of 1 claimed feature working. It can't connect a wallet, pay, sign or log in, so those features count as "couldn't test". What it reports is what it observed, not a verdict.

Couldn't test

AI / agents: “…ge Scenarios License: CC BY 4.0 arXiv:2610.19267v1 [cs.AI] 13 Oct 2026”

The quoted text is the arXiv metadata line of a research paper. The abstract page shows the same details: category cs.AI, submitted 13 Oct 2026, CC BY 4.0 license. The page describes the MemeTrace LLM agent in writing only. It has no demo, chat box or app, so the agent could not be run from this site.E15E16E17

Also noticed

Things the agent saw along the way that aren't among the site's claims. Not counted above.

Noticed

Static academic paper page

The HTML paper page made no network calls when it loaded or when I followed a table-of-contents link. The abstract page fetched only an arXiv announcements JSON file and links to PDF, TeX source and Audio Summary versions.E15E16E17

What it is

  • The Internet Archive first saved this site on 2004-02-12 (8304 days ago).E14
  • The page calls itself “MemeTrace: A Multimodal LLM-Based Agent for Safety-Aware Meme Provenance Analysis”.E1
  • In your browser it saves small bits of data in your browser.E8
  • It has sections such as /html, /IgnoreMe, /about, /abs, /pdf and /help.E12
  • While loading, it called 2 endpoints on its own servers, such as /static/design-system/latest/json/announcements.json and /institutional_banner.E9E10

Where your data goes

FontsDownload typefaces. 2
use.typekit.netAdobe Fonts: fonts 8×E4
p.typekit.netAdobe Fonts: fonts 1×E6

How key features work

Loading its content

Its content loads from its own API while you browse (/static/design-system/latest/json/announcements.json and /institutional_banner).E9E10

/static/design-system/latest/json/announcements.json/institutional_banner

Saving data on your device

It saves data in your browser (localStorage), so some things persist between visits.E8E7

local_storagelocalStorage

Cookies and storage

Names only. We never store the values.

localStorageE7: arxiv_member_label

Pages and API calls

Pages it links to

/html/IgnoreMe//about/abs/pdf/help

Endpoints

Called while loading (seen) or named in the code (code).

static.arxiv.org/static/design-system/latest/json/announcements.jsonseenE9
arxiv.org/institutional_bannerseenE10
/institutional_bannercodeE11

Evidence

Every sentence above points to one of these. Code references show the file, line:column and the short identifier that matched, never the site's code itself.

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Page title: MemeTrace: A Multimodal LLM-Based Agent for Safety-Aware Meme Provenance Analysis
page title · https://arxiv.org/html/2610.19267
E2
Main heading: MemeTrace: A Multimodal LLM-Based Agent for Safety-Aware Meme Provenance Analysis
page h1 · https://arxiv.org/html/2610.19267
E3
28 request(s) to arxiv.org
types: 16 image, 7 document, 3 stylesheet
GET https://arxiv.org/html/2610.19267 · image · 28 requests · network recording
E4
8 request(s) to use.typekit.net
types: 7 font, 1 stylesheet
GET https://use.typekit.net/utz6mli.css · font · 8 requests · network recording
E5
10 request(s) to static.arxiv.org
types: 4 font, 2 stylesheet, 2 script
GET https://static.arxiv.org/static/design-system/latest/design-system-components.css · font · 10 requests · network recording
E6
1 request(s) to p.typekit.net
types: 1 stylesheet
GET https://p.typekit.net/p.css · stylesheet · network recording
E7
localStorage: 1 key(s) saved in your browser
localStorage keys: arxiv_member_label · values not stored
E8
Uses the browser ability: local_storage
saves small bits of data in your browser
arxiv.org/static/browse/0.3.4/js/arxiv-html-papers-20260131.js @ 71:13 · “localStorage.setItem(” · pattern scan
E9
The page called /static/design-system/latest/json/announcements.json on static.arxiv.org (GET)
GET https://static.arxiv.org/static/design-system/latest/json/announcements.json · fetch · network recording
E10
The page called /institutional_banner on arxiv.org (GET)
GET https://arxiv.org/institutional_banner · fetch · network recording
E11
Code reader found the endpoint /institutional_banner
how: call:fetch
s02-header.js · “/institutional_banner” · the code reader
E12
16 links to pages on the same site
page links · https://arxiv.org/html/2610.19267 · /html, /IgnoreMe, /, /about, /abs, /pdf, /help
E13
The site says: “…ge Scenarios License: CC BY 4.0 arXiv:2610.19267v1 [cs.AI] 13 Oct 2026”
page text · https://arxiv.org/html/2610.19267 · …ge Scenarios License: CC BY 4.0 arXiv:2610.19267v1 [cs.AI] 13 Oct 2026
E14
The Internet Archive first saved arxiv.org on 2004-02-12 and has snapshots from 2000 different days
page web archive · https://web.archive.org/web/20040212112836/arxiv.org
E15
Agent step 1: view
AI agent step 1 · view on /html/2610.19267
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Agent step 2: click FMemeTrace Implementation Details
AI agent step 2 · click on /html/2610.19267
E17
Agent step 3: go /abs/2610.19267v1
AI agent step 3 · go on /abs/2610.19267v1 · page called GET static.arxiv.org/static/design-system/latest/json/announcements.json

Limits

  • We only see what your browser sees: code and requests on a first visit, without logging in or accepting cookie banners. What the servers do with data is invisible from outside.
  • Site code is usually minified (compressed), so names are partly lost and some code may be only partly analysed.
  • Some trackers only load after you accept cookies or log in, so the real list can be longer.
  • We visited from a server in the United States. Sites load different trackers and cookie banners in different countries (visitors in the EU usually get a consent banner first).
  • The tech check compares the site's own words with what its public page loads. Work done on servers, in private code or in separate apps isn't visible here, so 'nothing found' means not visible on the public page, not that it doesn't exist.
  • This text was written from fixed templates because no AI writer was available. It uses exactly the same evidence.

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