4 papers
You've Changed: Detecting Modification of Black-Box Large Language Models
Alden Dima, James Foulds, Shimei Pan +1
Large Language Models (LLMs) are often provided as a service via an API, making it challenging for developers to detect changes in their behavior. We present an approach to monitor…
Can Generative AI be Egalitarian?
Philip Feldman, James R. Foulds, Shimei Pan
The recent explosion of "foundation" generative AI models has been built upon the extensive extraction of value from online sources, often without corresponding reciprocation. This…
The Voice: Lessons on Trustworthy Conversational Agents from "Dune"
Philip Feldman
The potential for untrustworthy conversational agents presents a significant threat for covert social manipulation. Taking inspiration from Frank Herbert's "Dune", where the Bene G…
RAGged Edges: The Double-Edged Sword of Retrieval-Augmented Chatbots
Philip Feldman, James R. Foulds, Shimei Pan
Large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT demonstrate the remarkable progress of artificial intelligence. However, their tendency to hallucinate -- generate plausible but false inf…