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Safety and honesty · Bocconi University and University of Oxford · introduced Aug 2, 2023 · Over-refusal rate

About this benchmark

Task
Answer safe prompts that only look risky, and refuse the unsafe contrasts.
Dataset
250 safe prompts in ten types and 200 unsafe contrast prompts.
Method
Responses classified as full compliance, full refusal or partial.
Metric
Over-refusal rate
Organization
Bocconi University and University of Oxford
Introduced
Aug 2, 2023

Versions

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VersionDate
1Released with the paper.Aug 2, 20233 years ago

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