arXiv Machine Learning

FlowNeg: GFlowNet-Guided Diverse Hard Negative Sampling for Knowledge Graph Embedding

arXiv AI
Oct 12

First-Order In-Context Shapley: Scalable Data Auditing for LLM Alignment and Evaluation

The paper introduces First-Order In-Context Shapley, an inference‑only method that evaluates data utility for large language model alignment by computing the first‑order term of an in‑context cooperative game over semantic k‑NN neighborhoods in O(k) forward passes. It projects log‑likelihood shifts onto a directed influence graph, yielding three signals—Exemplifying Advantage, Exemplified Advantage, and One‑of‑a‑Kind Score—to identify high‑utility demonstrations and rare prompts. The approach reduces compute by 19× compared to Monte‑Carlo Shapley, filters 1–5% of records, and improves error detection and reward accuracy in DPO training and benchmark auditing. whyItMatters":"By enabling scalable, inference‑only data auditing, the method addresses label noise and safety inversions that hinder post‑training alignment of large language models, leading to measurable improvements in model reliability and reward accuracy."

By Yunting Song, Matthew Watson, Moustafa Farid Alzantot, Peter Grabowski, Jun Qin
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 17

Multimodal Graph Negative Learning

arXiv:2606. 12863v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Multimodal attributed graphs (MAGs) integrate graph topology with heterogeneous modality attributes, such as text and images, thereby enabling richer modeling of complex relational systems.

By Zhengyu Wu, Xu Wang, Hongchao Qin, Xunkai Li, Guang Zeng, Rong-Hua Li, Guoren Wang
arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 24

When Graph-JEPA Learns the Wrong Thing: Diagnosing and Repairing Category-Conditional Collapse

The paper investigates a failure mode in Graph-JEPA, a joint‑embedding predictive model trained on a large scientific‑reasoning graph. Despite achieving high linear‑probe accuracy and effective rank, the learned representation contains almost no usable instance information, as shown by retrieval metrics. The authors diagnose the issue to variance allocation in the objective, propose a repair that restores near‑perfect information recovery, and demonstrate that the problem persists even after repair, highlighting limitations in the evaluation metrics used.

By Gollam Rabby, S\"oren Auer
arXiv Computation and Language
Oct 12

AMLworld-Compact: Importance-Weighted Downsampling for Cost-Effective LLM Evaluation and Error Diagnosis

AMLworld-Compact introduces an importance‑weighted downsampling protocol for evaluating large language models on AMLworld’s test splits, retaining all illicit transactions while sampling benign ones from supervised‑score strata. The HT‑Coreset method reduces evaluation targets by 271× on HI‑Small and 611× on LI‑Small, providing unbiased confusion‑count estimates with exact recall and ratio estimates for precision and F1. Experiments with boosted‑tree strata and Graph Feature Preprocessor features show lower F1 RMSE compared to uniform sampling, and audit tools reveal that lexical checks do not reliably indicate correctness of model outputs.

By Natapong Nitarach, Phume Ngampornsukswadi, Pittawat Taveekitworachai, Surapon Nonesung, Warit Sirichotedumrong, Kunat Pipatanakul