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New RECAST dataset pushes LLMs to follow complex instructions with over 19 constraints

Researchers have developed RECAST, a novel framework designed to generate datasets that challenge large language models (LLMs) with a significantly higher number of complex instructions than current benchmarks. This new dataset, RECAST-30K, contains 30,000 instances with up to 19 constraint types, extracted from real-world prompt-response pairs. Experiments show that models fine-tuned on RECAST-30K demonstrate improved performance in following intricate instructions without compromising general capabilities. The framework also includes automated verification methods for both quantitative and qualitative constraints, enabling the design of reward functions for reinforcement learning to further enhance model performance. AI

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New RECAST dataset pushes LLMs to follow complex instructions with over 19 constraints

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Zhengkang Guo, Wenhao Liu, Mingchen Xie, Jingwen Xu, Zisu Huang, Muzhao Tian, Jianhan Xu, Yuanzhe Shen, Qi Qian, Muling Wu, Xiaohua Wang, Changze Lv, He-Da Wang, Hu Yao, Xiaoqing Zheng, Xuanjing Huang ·

    RECAST: Expanding the Boundaries of LLMs' Complex Instruction Following with Multi-Constraint Data

    arXiv:2505.19030v5 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly expected to tackle complex tasks, driven by their expanding applications and users' growing proficiency in crafting sophisticated prompts. However, as the number of explicitly stated…