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Collaborative Research: RI: Building Knowledgeable, Reliable, and Proactive Language Model — NSF Award to University of Washington

Large language models (LLM) are increasingly used by the public to seek health information, but current LLM-based systems can still generate inaccurate information due to the well-known problem of LLM hallucinations, while expressing it with high confidence. The issue of confidently representing erroneous data creates

Award titleCollaborative Research: RI: Building Knowledgeable, Reliable, and Proactive Language Model
Award ID2554007
AwardeeUniversity of Washington
CitySEATTLE
StateWA
Amount obligated$600,000
Principal investigatorYulia Tsvetkov
ProgramRobust Intelligence
Start date09/15/2026
AbstractLarge language models (LLM) are increasingly used by the public to seek health information, but current LLM-based systems can still generate inaccurate information due to the well-known problem of LLM hallucinations, while expressing it with high confidence. The issue of confidently representing erroneous data creates risks in high-stakes settings. This project addresses that problem by developing artificial intelligence methods that reduce hallucinations and improve the reliability, transparenc
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