Test-time Calibration Learning for Large Language Model Reasoning
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arXiv:2610.02695v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Reliable large language models (LLMs) must not only produce accurate answers but also express confidence that faithfully reflects their probability of being correct. Such calibration is essential for identifying uncertain predictions and supporting reliable decision-making in real-world deployment. Recent studies incorporate calibration learning into reinforcement learning (RL), jointly optimizing answer correctness and verbalized confidence using ground-truth correctness supervision. However, their reliance on labeled data limits their applica
Key takeaways
- arXiv:2610.02695v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Reliable large language models (LLMs) must not only produce accurate answers but also express confidence that faithfully reflects their probability of being correct.
- Such calibration is essential for identifying uncertain predictions and supporting reliable decision-making in real-world deployment.
- Recent studies incorporate calibration learning into reinforcement learning (RL), jointly optimizing answer correctness and verbalized confidence using ground-truth correctness supervision.
Why it matters
This model development creates a new option for users and a new testing obligation for developers. A fixed evaluation set comparing quality, cost and failure behavior is more useful than launch claims.
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