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Uncertainty-Based Abstention in LLMs Improves Safety and Reduces Hallucinations

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Main Authors:	Tomani, Christian, Chaudhuri, Kamalika, Evtimov, Ivan, Cremers, Daniel, Ibrahim, Mark
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2024
Subjects:	Computation and Language Artificial Intelligence
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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