arXiv AI

Left-Branching Transformers Excel at Right-Branching Languages: Data Shapes Word Order Preferences in Language Models

arXiv:2608. 15129v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We systematically compare word order preferences in decoder-only language models across 192 artificial languages and typologically diverse natural languages.

arXiv AI
Jun 16

P3B3: A Multi-Turn Conversational Benchmark for Measuring European and Brazilian Portuguese Variety Bias in LLMs

arXiv:2606. 16753v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: As Large Language Models (LLMs) become embedded in everyday communication, capturing regional linguistic variation is essential for reliable and equitable language use.

By Rafael Ferreira, In\^es Vieira, In\^es Calvo, James Furtado, Iago Paulo, Diogo Tavares, Diogo Gl\'oria-Silva, David Semedo, Jo\~ao Magalh\~aes
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 25

Same Evidence, Different Answer: Auditing Order Sensitivity in Multimodal Large Language Models

arXiv:2606. 26079v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Standard benchmarks for multimodal large language models (MLLMs) score each item on one canonical ordering and miss whether order-irrelevant shuffling changes the answer, a baseline reliability property called for by emerging AI evaluation guidelines.

By Akshay Paruchuri, Sanmi Koyejo, Ehsan Adeli