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Strum-LLM: Attributed and Structured Contrastive Summarization (arxiv.org)
3 points by PaulHoule on Apr 8, 2024 | hide | past | pdf | discuss on HN

In plain words: A system compares two options by pulling out the attributes where they really differ and that matter most to a choice, linking every claim to its source. A smaller version runs 100 times faster than equally good models while being 10 times smaller.

Abstract · STRUM-LLM: Attributed and Structured Contrastive Summarization

Users often struggle with decision-making between two options (A vs B), as it usually requires time-consuming research across multiple web pages. We propose STRUM-LLM that addresses this challenge by generating attributed, structured, and helpful contrastive summaries that highlight key differences between the two options. STRUM-LLM identifies helpful contrast: the specific attributes along which the two options differ significantly and which are most likely to influence the user's decision. Our technique is domain-agnostic, and does not require any human-labeled data or fixed attribute list as supervision. STRUM-LLM attributes all extractions back to the input sources along with textual evidence, and it does not have a limit on the length of input sources that it can process. STRUM-LLM Distilled has 100x more throughput than the models with comparable performance while being 10x smaller. In this paper, we provide extensive evaluations for our method and lay out future directions for our currently deployed system.

Beliz Gunel, James B. Wendt, Jing Xie, Yichao Zhou, Nguyen Vo, Zachary Fisher, Sandeep Tata
arXiv:2403.19710 · cs.CL, cs.AI, cs.IR, cs.LG · submitted Mar 25, 2024
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