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New GUIDE framework controls multimodal model evidence usage

Researchers have introduced GUIDE, a novel framework designed to control how large multimodal models utilize internal evidence when following language instructions. Unlike previous models that might rely on superficial cues, GUIDE employs instruction-conditioned gating to regulate evidence pathways during reasoning and generation. This framework has demonstrated its ability to induce structured redistribution of evidence reliance across various multimodal tasks, including reasoning, classification, and generation, while maintaining task performance. Experiments on datasets like GQA and TextVQA show GUIDE enhances robustness against targeted evidence perturbations and enables controllable modulation of evidence sources. AI

IMPACT This framework could lead to more reliable and controllable multimodal AI systems by ensuring they use relevant evidence.

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  1. arXiv cs.CL TIER_1 English(EN) · Soyeon Caren Han, Hyunsuk Chung, Jinwoo Kim, Seungyeon Ji, Kyungreem Han ·

    GUIDE: Guiding Internal Evidence with Language Instructions

    arXiv:2608.30712v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Large multimodal models follow instructions about what to generate, but not necessarily about what evidence to rely on. Hence, models may continue to depend on shortcut-associated cues even when instructions suggest otherwise. We in…