FreeEval: A Modular Framework for Trustworthy and Efficient Evaluation of Large Language Models

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Autores principales: Yu, Zhuohao, Gao, Chang, Yao, Wenjin, Wang, Yidong, Zeng, Zhengran, Ye, Wei, Wang, Jindong, Zhang, Yue, Zhang, Shikun
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author Yu, Zhuohao
Gao, Chang
Yao, Wenjin
Wang, Yidong
Zeng, Zhengran
Ye, Wei
Wang, Jindong
Zhang, Yue
Zhang, Shikun
author_facet Yu, Zhuohao
Gao, Chang
Yao, Wenjin
Wang, Yidong
Zeng, Zhengran
Ye, Wei
Wang, Jindong
Zhang, Yue
Zhang, Shikun
contents The rapid development of large language model (LLM) evaluation methodologies and datasets has led to a profound challenge: integrating state-of-the-art evaluation techniques cost-effectively while ensuring reliability, reproducibility, and efficiency. Currently, there is a notable absence of a unified and adaptable framework that seamlessly integrates various evaluation approaches. Moreover, the reliability of evaluation findings is often questionable due to potential data contamination, with the evaluation efficiency commonly overlooked when facing the substantial costs associated with LLM inference. In response to these challenges, we introduce FreeEval, a modular and scalable framework crafted to enable trustworthy and efficient automatic evaluations of LLMs. Firstly, FreeEval's unified abstractions simplify the integration and improve the transparency of diverse evaluation methodologies, encompassing dynamic evaluation that demand sophisticated LLM interactions. Secondly, the framework integrates meta-evaluation techniques like human evaluation and data contamination detection, which, along with dynamic evaluation modules in the platform, enhance the fairness of the evaluation outcomes. Lastly, FreeEval is designed with a high-performance infrastructure, including distributed computation and caching strategies, enabling extensive evaluations across multi-node, multi-GPU clusters for open-source and proprietary LLMs.
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spellingShingle FreeEval: A Modular Framework for Trustworthy and Efficient Evaluation of Large Language Models
Yu, Zhuohao
Gao, Chang
Yao, Wenjin
Wang, Yidong
Zeng, Zhengran
Ye, Wei
Wang, Jindong
Zhang, Yue
Zhang, Shikun
Computation and Language
Artificial Intelligence
The rapid development of large language model (LLM) evaluation methodologies and datasets has led to a profound challenge: integrating state-of-the-art evaluation techniques cost-effectively while ensuring reliability, reproducibility, and efficiency. Currently, there is a notable absence of a unified and adaptable framework that seamlessly integrates various evaluation approaches. Moreover, the reliability of evaluation findings is often questionable due to potential data contamination, with the evaluation efficiency commonly overlooked when facing the substantial costs associated with LLM inference. In response to these challenges, we introduce FreeEval, a modular and scalable framework crafted to enable trustworthy and efficient automatic evaluations of LLMs. Firstly, FreeEval's unified abstractions simplify the integration and improve the transparency of diverse evaluation methodologies, encompassing dynamic evaluation that demand sophisticated LLM interactions. Secondly, the framework integrates meta-evaluation techniques like human evaluation and data contamination detection, which, along with dynamic evaluation modules in the platform, enhance the fairness of the evaluation outcomes. Lastly, FreeEval is designed with a high-performance infrastructure, including distributed computation and caching strategies, enabling extensive evaluations across multi-node, multi-GPU clusters for open-source and proprietary LLMs.
title FreeEval: A Modular Framework for Trustworthy and Efficient Evaluation of Large Language Models
topic Computation and Language
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.06003