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LLMs show unreliable calibration in multilingual clinical diagnosis, study finds

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A new research paper explores the reliability of large language models (LLMs) for multilingual orthopedic diagnosis, particularly in low-resource settings. The study found that while LLMs demonstrate strong linguistic capabilities, they exhibit unstable calibration and reduced reliability in structured, multilingual diagnostic tasks, especially for less common languages. Domain-adaptive models, like IndicBERT-HPA, showed improved cross-lingual discrimination and more predictable deployment characteristics, suggesting specialized architectures are crucial for safety-critical clinical decision support systems. AI

IMPACT Highlights the need for specialized architectures and rigorous validation for LLMs in safety-critical clinical applications, especially across multiple languages.

RANK_REASON This is a research paper published on arXiv detailing a new domain-adaptive modeling approach and validation framework for LLMs in clinical diagnosis.

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LLMs show unreliable calibration in multilingual clinical diagnosis, study finds

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  1. arXiv cs.CL TIER_1 English(EN) · Danish Ali, Li Xiaojian, Sundas Iqbal, Farrukh Zaidi ·

    Reliability-Oriented Multilingual Orthopedic Diagnosis: A Domain-Adaptive Modeling and a Conceptual Validation Framework

    arXiv:2605.02266v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly proposed for clinical decision support including multilingual diagnosis in low-resource settings. However, their reliability, calibration and safety characteristics remain insufficiently…

  2. arXiv cs.CL TIER_1 English(EN) · Farrukh Zaidi ·

    Reliability-Oriented Multilingual Orthopedic Diagnosis: A Domain-Adaptive Modeling and a Conceptual Validation Framework

    Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly proposed for clinical decision support including multilingual diagnosis in low-resource settings. However, their reliability, calibration and safety characteristics remain insufficiently understood for structured, high-risk tasks. We …

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