arXiv AI

Auditing a KB Elicitation of Frontier LLM Knowledge: A Multi-dimensional Analysis of GPTKB v1.5

The paper presents a framework and results of a multi-dimensional analysis of GPTKB v1.5, a 100‑million‑fact knowledge base elicited from GPT‑4.1. It shows that the LLM’s factual knowledge differs markedly from established knowledge bases and that its accuracy is lower than suggested by prior benchmarks. The study also identifies inconsistency, ambiguity, and hallucinations as major issues, pointing to future research directions in neuro‑symbolic AI for extracting, consolidating, and verifying factual LLM knowledge.

arXiv AI
Jun 16

VeriGraph: Towards Verifiable Data-Analytic Agents

arXiv:2606. 16603v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: LLM-based agents have demonstrated strong capabilities in data-intensive analytical tasks, yet their outputs are rarely verifiable: a reliance on linear text trajectories makes their reasoning difficult to audit.

By Jiajie Jin, Zhao Yang, Wenle Liao, Yuyang Hu, Guanting Dong, Xiaoxi Li, Yutao Zhu, Zhicheng Dou
arXiv AI
Aug 6

The RAIL Principles for Neurosymbolic AI: Reasoning, Assurances, Interfacing and Learning

arXiv:2608. 04285v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Neurosymbolic AI systems that integrate machine learning and symbolic reasoning are rapidly gaining attention.

By Agnese Chiatti, Michael Cochez, Cristina Cornelio, Sebastijan Dumancic, Artur d'Avila Garcez, Luis C. Lamb, Lia Morra, Mathias Niepert, Robert Peharz, Alberto Speranzon, Maarten Stol, Annette Ten Teije, Thiviyan Thanapalasingam, Frank Van Harmelen, Emile Van Krieken, Antonio Vergari, Benjie Wang
arXiv AI
2d ago

Auto-Formalizing Neuro-Symbolic Predictors

arXiv:2610.01519v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Neuro-Symbolic (NeSy) predictors incorporate prior knowledge into the prediction process of neural networks, ensuring that outputs satisfy specified...

By Samuele Bortolotti, Weixin Chen, Han Zhao, Andrea Passerini, Stefano Teso, Antonio Vergari
arXiv AI
Sep 10

Evaluating and Improving Evidence-Grounded Fact-Checking in LLMs via Multi-Round Evidence Ablation

The paper introduces Fact-Ablated Evaluation (FAE), a framework that iteratively removes cited evidence to test whether large language models (LLMs) adjust their fact‑checking predictions accordingly. Experiments reveal that many off‑the‑shelf LLMs rely more on internal knowledge than on the provided evidence. To address this, the authors propose REAL, a training method that uses counterfactual evidence supervision to encourage LLMs to base veracity judgments on evidence, achieving better evidence‑dependent performance across four datasets.

By Xingyu Deng, Mingzi Cao, Nikolaos Aletras, Xi Wang, Mark Stevenson
arXiv AI
Sep 7

Leveraging Low-Level Symbolic Competences for Unsupervised Grounding in Hallucination Detection

The paper explores using a language model’s low‑level symbolic skill—specifically SQL—to detect hallucinations without fine‑tuning. By having the model construct an SQL database from reference documents, it can reason over both the source and the model’s output, creating a neurosymbolic check. Experiments on RAGTruth and DiaHalu show this method outperforms direct prediction and rivals state‑of‑the‑art detectors, highlighting the value of leveraging inherent symbolic competences in LLMs.

By Renato Vukovic, Hsien-chin Lin, Carel van Niekerk, Benjamin Ruppik, Michael Heck, Shutong Feng, Nurul Lubis, Milica Gasic