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New Caption Bottleneck Models Enhance AI Interpretability with Natural Language

Researchers have introduced Caption Bottleneck Models (CaBM), a novel framework designed to enhance interpretability in machine learning by using natural language captions instead of predefined concept sets. Unlike traditional Concept Bottleneck Models (CBMs) that require expert-defined or LLM-generated concept lists, CaBM leverages free-form text generated by large multimodal models. This approach ensures a leakage-free architecture by training classifiers strictly on image-derived captions, and it autonomously discovers dataset-specific concepts post-training. Experiments show CaBM achieves competitive accuracy while maintaining interpretability without the limitations of external dictionaries or manual labeling. AI

IMPACT Introduces a novel method for improving AI model interpretability by leveraging natural language captions, potentially aiding in debugging and understanding complex AI decisions.

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  1. arXiv cs.CV TIER_1 English(EN) · Seref Baris Cagliyan, Umut Ozdemir, Merve Tapli, Emre Akbas ·

    Caption Bottleneck Models

    arXiv:2607.00578v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Concept Bottleneck Models (CBMs) provide interpretability by routing predictions through a layer of human-understandable concepts. However, defining an optimal concept set for a specific dataset remains an open challenge. Existing a…

  2. arXiv cs.CV TIER_1 English(EN) · Emre Akbas ·

    Caption Bottleneck Models

    Concept Bottleneck Models (CBMs) provide interpretability by routing predictions through a layer of human-understandable concepts. However, defining an optimal concept set for a specific dataset remains an open challenge. Existing approaches rely on expensive expert annotations o…