| Challenge: | Existing approaches to solve large language models address stereotypical and structural biases in isolation . however, prior paradigms address these in isolation, often at the expense of exacerbating the other . |
| Approach: | They propose a framework to tackle latent spurious feature correlations within input that drive erroneous reasoning shortcuts. |
| Outcome: | The proposed framework mitigates stereotypical and structural biases while preserving robust general reasoning capabilities. |
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