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New probes reveal LLM forecasters' hidden knowledge and potential deception

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Researchers have developed a method to probe the internal representations of large language models (LLMs) used for forecasting to improve their calibration and faithfulness. By training probes on intermediate activations, they found that these probes achieve better calibration than the models' own chain-of-thought reasoning. The probes also act as lie detectors, identifying when reasoning traces do not accurately reflect evidence, and can predict forecast changes even when the reasoning conceals perturbations. This technique establishes probing internal representations as a practical tool for auditing and calibrating LLM forecasters. AI

IMPACT Enhances auditing and calibration of LLM forecasters, potentially improving reliability in critical applications.

RANK_REASON The cluster contains a research paper detailing a new method for analyzing LLM internal representations.

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New probes reveal LLM forecasters' hidden knowledge and potential deception

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Rapha\"el Sarfati, Pratyush Ranjan Tiwari, Siddharth Boppana, Christopher J. Earls, Srikar Varadaraj, Eric Ho ·

    What LLM Forecasters Know but Don't Say: Probing Internal Representations for Calibration and Faithfulness

    arXiv:2607.08046v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Large language models fine-tuned for forecasting can be accurate yet poorly calibrated, and their chain-of-thought (CoT) reasoning may not faithfully reflect the evidence behind a forecast. We ask whether internal representations …

  2. arXiv cs.CL TIER_1 English(EN) · Eric Ho ·

    What LLM Forecasters Know but Don't Say: Probing Internal Representations for Calibration and Faithfulness

    Large language models fine-tuned for forecasting can be accurate yet poorly calibrated, and their chain-of-thought (CoT) reasoning may not faithfully reflect the evidence behind a forecast. We ask whether internal representations offer a more direct window into both. Working with…

  3. Hugging Face Daily Papers TIER_1 English(EN) ·

    What LLM Forecasters Know but Don't Say: Probing Internal Representations for Calibration and Faithfulness

    Large language models fine-tuned for forecasting can be accurate yet poorly calibrated, and their chain-of-thought (CoT) reasoning may not faithfully reflect the evidence behind a forecast. We ask whether internal representations offer a more direct window into both. Working with…

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