SmoothScore Quantifies Evidence Smoothing in LLM Literature Reviews

A new study identifies "smoothing," where LLMs flatten mixed, conditional findings into one-sided conclusions in literature reviews, and proposes SmoothScore to quantify this persistent error in multi-source synthesis.

2026-11-06 ~ 2026-11-07 · 2 related posts

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