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New regression method enhances foundation model safety and accuracy

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Researchers have developed a new method for black-box assisted regression that aims to improve the reliability of foundation models when used for downstream tasks with limited data. The approach, called the Safe Residual Estimator, learns a correction around a pre-existing black-box predictor and uses validation data to revert to the original predictor if the correction is not well-supported, thus avoiding negative transfer. Experiments on synthetic data and real-world datasets like CIFAR-100 and AG News, using models such as CLIP and Qwen3-8B, demonstrate the effectiveness of this residual-correction tradeoff. AI

IMPACT Enhances the reliability and safety of using foundation models in downstream tasks with limited data.

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  1. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Yan Zhou ·

    Black-Box Assisted Regression: Phase Transitions and Minimax Optimality

    arXiv:2606.25743v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Foundation models are often used as fixed black-box predictors for downstream tasks with limited labeled data, but their predictions may be biased and unsafe to trust blindly. We study this setting through black-box assisted nonpara…

  2. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Yan Zhou ·

    Black-Box Assisted Regression: Phase Transitions and Minimax Optimality

    Foundation models are often used as fixed black-box predictors for downstream tasks with limited labeled data, but their predictions may be biased and unsafe to trust blindly. We study this setting through black-box assisted nonparametric regression: a learner observes labeled sa…

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