5 papers
Private Direct Preference Optimization for LLM Alignment
Yangfan Jiang, Fei Wei, Ergute Bao +3
Direct preference optimization (DPO) is now a standard method for aligning large language models (LLMs) using human preference data. Each DPO example contains a prompt and a pair o…
Benchmarking Text-to-SQL under Role-Based Access Control
Yang Fei, Yangfan Jiang, Yin Yang +1
Given a database S and a natural language question Q, text-to-SQL systems aim to generate an SQL query that correctly answers Q when executed against S. Currently, popular text-to-…
Auditing Apple's DifferentialPrivacy.framework: Implementation Bugs, Misconfigurations, and Practical Risks
Rishav Chourasia, Ergute Bao, Uzair Javaid +1
Since 2016, Apple has claimed that device analytics collected to improve user experience are protected by differential privacy (DP). Apple's DifferentialPrivacy framework is deploy…
Accurate Table Question Answering with Accessible LLMs
Yangfan Jiang, Fei Wei, Ergute Bao +4
Given a table T in a database and a question Q in natural language, the table question answering (TQA) task aims to return an accurate answer to Q based on the content of T. Recent…
From Randomized Response to Randomized Index: Answering Subset Counting Queries with Local Differential Privacy
Qingqing Ye, Liantong Yu, Kai Huang +3
Local Differential Privacy (LDP) is the predominant privacy model for safeguarding individual data privacy. Existing perturbation mechanisms typically require perturbing the origin…