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VLMs show task-dependent uncertainty in multimodal evaluation, impacting scoring reliability.

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A new paper introduces conformal prediction to assess the reliability of vision-language models (VLMs) when used as automated judges for multimodal systems. The research reveals that the uncertainty in VLM evaluations is highly dependent on the specific task, with mathematical reasoning tasks showing significantly wider, less informative prediction intervals compared to image aesthetics. This work also identifies a critical issue termed 'ranking-scoring decoupling,' where VLMs can accurately rank responses but fail to provide reliable absolute scores, highlighting the need for more robust evaluation methods. AI

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IMPACT Introduces a method to quantify VLM evaluation reliability, crucial for benchmarking and understanding model limitations.

RANK_REASON Academic paper introducing a new methodology for evaluating multimodal AI systems.

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  1. arXiv stat.ML TIER_1 · Divake Kumar, Sina Tayebati, Devashri Naik, Ranganath Krishnan, Amit Ranjan Trivedi ·

    VLM Judges Can Rank but Cannot Score: Task-Dependent Uncertainty in Multimodal Evaluation

    arXiv:2604.25235v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Vision-language models (VLMs) are increasingly used as automated judges for multimodal systems, yet their scores provide no indication of reliability. We study this problem through conformal prediction, a distribution-free framewo…

  2. arXiv cs.CV TIER_1 · Amit Ranjan Trivedi ·

    VLM Judges Can Rank but Cannot Score: Task-Dependent Uncertainty in Multimodal Evaluation

    Vision-language models (VLMs) are increasingly used as automated judges for multimodal systems, yet their scores provide no indication of reliability. We study this problem through conformal prediction, a distribution-free framework that converts a judge's point score into a cali…

  3. arXiv stat.ML TIER_1 · Amit Ranjan Trivedi ·

    VLM Judges Can Rank but Cannot Score: Task-Dependent Uncertainty in Multimodal Evaluation

    Vision-language models (VLMs) are increasingly used as automated judges for multimodal systems, yet their scores provide no indication of reliability. We study this problem through conformal prediction, a distribution-free framework that converts a judge's point score into a cali…

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