arXiv AI

Text Corpora as Concept Fields: Black-Box Hallucination and Novelty Measurement

arXiv:2605. 05103v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We introduce the \textbf{Concept Field} of a text corpus: a local drift field with pointwise uncertainty, estimated in sentence-embedding space from the deltas between consecutive sentences.

arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 2

When Hard Negatives Hurt: Bridging the Generative-Discriminative Gap in Hard Negative Synthesis for Retrieval

arXiv:2606. 01304v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Hard negative mining has become the dominant strategy for training retrievers, yet it faces intrinsic limitations: negatives are bounded by corpus availability, selected by retriever score rather than diagnostic value, and increasingly contaminated by false positives as the retriever improves.

By Zhicheng Zhang, Jiwei Tang, Kuicai Dong, Xiaopeng Li, Jieming Zhu, Jingyu Li, Qianhui Zhu, Fengyuan Lu, Wang Jiaheng, Gang Wang, Hai-Tao Zheng, Zhaocheng Du
arXiv AI
Jun 9

BEACON: Behavioral Entropy Aggregation for Cross-Model Hallucination Detection in Large Language Models

arXiv:2606. 07528v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Hallucination in large language models (LLMs), defined as the generation of factually incorrect or unsupported content, remains a critical barrier to reliable deployment.

By Naveen Bera, Pulijala Sai Nikhila, Kondaguduru Abhiram, Shaik Gayaz Ali, Shoaib Sadiq Salehmohamed, Shaik Mohammed Omar, Jinal Prashant Thakkar, Hansika Aredla, Shalmali Ayachit
arXiv AI
Aug 11

Embedding Trust: Semantic Isotropy Predicts Nonfactuality in Long-Form Text Generation

arXiv:2510. 21891v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: To deploy large language models (LLMs) in high-stakes application domains that require substantively accurate responses to open-ended prompts, we need reliable, computationally inexpensive methods that assess the trustworthiness of long-form responses generated by LLMs.

By Dhrupad Bhardwaj, Julia Kempe, Tim G. J. Rudner
arXiv AI
Sep 12

NovGauge: A Fine-Grained Benchmark for Diagnosing LLMs' Capability in Paper Novelty Assessment

NovGauge is a new benchmark designed to diagnose large language models’ ability to assess scientific paper novelty. It contains 619 paper pairs and 50 multi-paper sets, each labeled along three dimensions—task, problem, and method—by experts from ICLR reviewer overlap claims and survey co-citations. The study evaluates 18 LLMs, revealing high hallucination rates and weak evidence grounding, with the best model achieving only 43‑72% verified F1 across dimensions.

By Guoqiang Zhang, Kexin Tan, Ming Zhang, Li Ju, Wenqing Jing, Zhonghan Yue, Jiayi Chen, Shiqiang Wu, Shaofan Liu, Yue Zhang, Yuankai Ying, Yang Shi, Tao Gui, Qi Zhang, Xuanjing Huang