CBP-Tuning: Efficient Local Customization for Black-box Large Language Models (2025.emnlp-main)
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| Challenge: | Customized black-box prompt tuning is a new approach to customize large language models . however, as models grow, the resources required for training and deployment become increasingly expensive . |
| Approach: | They propose a framework that facilitates efficient local customization while preserving bidirectional privacy. |
| Outcome: | The proposed framework facilitates efficient local customization while preserving bidirectional privacy. |
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