FactAlign: Long-form Factuality Alignment of Large Language Models (2024.findings-emnlp)
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| Challenge: | Large language models have demonstrated significant potential as the next-generation information access engines, but reliability is hindered by issues of hallucination and generating non-factual content. |
| Approach: | They propose a novel alignment framework that enhances the factuality of LLMs’ long-form responses while maintaining their helpfulness. |
| Outcome: | The proposed framework improves factuality of LLMs while maintaining helpfulness. |
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