Advances in Large Language Models for Safe and Reliable Applications

The field of large language models (LLMs) is rapidly advancing, with a focus on developing safer and more reliable models for high-stakes applications. Recent research has highlighted the importance of calibrating LLMs' confidence and uncertainty estimates, as well as evaluating their performance on safety-critical tasks. Notable papers have introduced new benchmarks and evaluation frameworks for assessing LLMs' safety and reliability, such as MedOmni-45 Degrees for medical applications and MATRIX for clinical dialogue systems. Additionally, innovative methods for improving LLMs' calibration and confidence estimation have been proposed, including ConfTuner and TrustEHRAgent. These developments have significant implications for the deployment of LLMs in real-world applications, particularly in areas such as healthcare and autonomous driving.

Noteworthy papers include: Lexical Hints of Accuracy in LLM Reasoning Chains, which investigates the relationship between lexical markers of uncertainty and LLMs' accuracy. MedOmni-45 Degrees, a benchmark for evaluating LLMs' safety and performance in medical applications. ConfTuner, a method for calibrating LLMs' confidence estimates using a proper scoring rule. MATRIX, a framework for evaluating the safety and reliability of clinical dialogue systems.

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Lexical Hints of Accuracy in LLM Reasoning Chains

MedOmni-45{\deg}: A Safety-Performance Benchmark for Reasoning-Oriented LLMs in Medicine

A Probabilistic Inference Scaling Theory for LLM Self-Correction

Trust but Verify! A Survey on Verification Design for Test-time Scaling

Caregiver-in-the-Loop AI: A Simulation-Based Feasibility Study for Dementia Task Verification

ConfTuner: Training Large Language Models to Express Their Confidence Verbally

Trustworthy Agents for Electronic Health Records through Confidence Estimation

MATRIX: Multi-Agent simulaTion fRamework for safe Interactions and conteXtual clinical conversational evaluation

From Stoplights to On-Ramps: A Comprehensive Set of Crash Rate Benchmarks for Freeway and Surface Street ADS Evaluation

Generative AI for Testing of Autonomous Driving Systems: A Survey

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