Iter-AHMCL: Alleviate Hallucination for Large Language Model via Iterative Model-level Contrastive Learning

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Autores principales: Wu, Huiwen, Li, Xiaohan, Xu, Xiaogang, Wu, Jiafei, Zhang, Deyi, Liu, Zhe
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author Wu, Huiwen
Li, Xiaohan
Xu, Xiaogang
Wu, Jiafei
Zhang, Deyi
Liu, Zhe
author_facet Wu, Huiwen
Li, Xiaohan
Xu, Xiaogang
Wu, Jiafei
Zhang, Deyi
Liu, Zhe
contents The development of Large Language Models (LLMs) has significantly advanced various AI applications in commercial and scientific research fields, such as scientific literature summarization, writing assistance, and knowledge graph construction. However, a significant challenge is the high risk of hallucination during LLM inference, which can lead to security concerns like factual inaccuracies, inconsistent information, and fabricated content. To tackle this issue, it is essential to develop effective methods for reducing hallucination while maintaining the original capabilities of the LLM. This paper introduces a novel approach called Iterative Model-level Contrastive Learning (Iter-AHMCL) to address hallucination. This method modifies the representation layers of pre-trained LLMs by using contrastive `positive' and `negative' models, trained on data with and without hallucinations. By leveraging the differences between these two models, we create a more straightforward pathway to eliminate hallucinations, and the iterative nature of contrastive learning further enhances performance. Experimental validation on four pre-trained foundation LLMs (LLaMA2, Alpaca, LLaMA3, and Qwen) finetuning with a specially designed dataset shows that our approach achieves an average improvement of 10.1 points on the TruthfulQA benchmark. Comprehensive experiments demonstrate the effectiveness of Iter-AHMCL in reducing hallucination while maintaining the general capabilities of LLMs.
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spellingShingle Iter-AHMCL: Alleviate Hallucination for Large Language Model via Iterative Model-level Contrastive Learning
Wu, Huiwen
Li, Xiaohan
Xu, Xiaogang
Wu, Jiafei
Zhang, Deyi
Liu, Zhe
Computation and Language
Artificial Intelligence
The development of Large Language Models (LLMs) has significantly advanced various AI applications in commercial and scientific research fields, such as scientific literature summarization, writing assistance, and knowledge graph construction. However, a significant challenge is the high risk of hallucination during LLM inference, which can lead to security concerns like factual inaccuracies, inconsistent information, and fabricated content. To tackle this issue, it is essential to develop effective methods for reducing hallucination while maintaining the original capabilities of the LLM. This paper introduces a novel approach called Iterative Model-level Contrastive Learning (Iter-AHMCL) to address hallucination. This method modifies the representation layers of pre-trained LLMs by using contrastive `positive' and `negative' models, trained on data with and without hallucinations. By leveraging the differences between these two models, we create a more straightforward pathway to eliminate hallucinations, and the iterative nature of contrastive learning further enhances performance. Experimental validation on four pre-trained foundation LLMs (LLaMA2, Alpaca, LLaMA3, and Qwen) finetuning with a specially designed dataset shows that our approach achieves an average improvement of 10.1 points on the TruthfulQA benchmark. Comprehensive experiments demonstrate the effectiveness of Iter-AHMCL in reducing hallucination while maintaining the general capabilities of LLMs.
title Iter-AHMCL: Alleviate Hallucination for Large Language Model via Iterative Model-level Contrastive Learning
topic Computation and Language
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.12130