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ActMap method quantifies LLM uncertainty from single generation

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Researchers have developed ActMap, a novel method for quantifying uncertainty in large language models from a single generation. ActMap compresses a model's internal activation trajectory into a compact tensor, which can then be analyzed by a lightweight classifier to estimate the probability of a correct answer. This approach offers a practical solution for scalable oversight of deployed models by enabling abstention, routing, or selective verification without significant computational overhead. AI

IMPACT Enables more reliable deployment of LLMs by providing a practical method for assessing answer trustworthiness from a single generation.

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ActMap method quantifies LLM uncertainty from single generation

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Jacopo Dardini (University of Bologna), Roberta Calegari (University of Bologna) ·

    ActMap: Single-Pass Uncertainty Quantification from Generation-Time Activation Maps

    arXiv:2609.11498v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Practical uncertainty quantification (UQ) for large language models must decide, from a single generation, whether a specific answer should be trusted. Existing methods either sample multiple generations, read only output-token prob…

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