ReDeEP: Detecting Hallucination in Retrieval-Augmented Generation via Mechanistic Interpretability

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2410.11414v1
• Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 09:02:09 GMT
• Title: ReDeEP: Detecting Hallucination in Retrieval-Augmented Generation via Mechanistic Interpretability
• Authors: Zhongxiang Sun, Xiaoxue Zang, Kai Zheng, Yang Song, Jun Xu, Xiao Zhang, Weijie Yu, Yang Song, Han Li,
• Abstract summary: hallucinations caused by insufficient parametric (internal) knowledge. Detecting such hallucinations requires disentangling how Large Language Models (LLMs) utilize external and parametric knowledge. We propose ReDeEP, a novel method that detects hallucinations by decoupling LLM's utilization of external context and parametric knowledge.
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• Abstract: Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) models are designed to incorporate external knowledge, reducing hallucinations caused by insufficient parametric (internal) knowledge. However, even with accurate and relevant retrieved content, RAG models can still produce hallucinations by generating outputs that conflict with the retrieved information. Detecting such hallucinations requires disentangling how Large Language Models (LLMs) utilize external and parametric knowledge. Current detection methods often focus on one of these mechanisms or without decoupling their intertwined effects, making accurate detection difficult. In this paper, we investigate the internal mechanisms behind hallucinations in RAG scenarios. We discover hallucinations occur when the Knowledge FFNs in LLMs overemphasize parametric knowledge in the residual stream, while Copying Heads fail to effectively retain or integrate external knowledge from retrieved content. Based on these findings, we propose ReDeEP, a novel method that detects hallucinations by decoupling LLM's utilization of external context and parametric knowledge. Our experiments show that ReDeEP significantly improves RAG hallucination detection accuracy. Additionally, we introduce AARF, which mitigates hallucinations by modulating the contributions of Knowledge FFNs and Copying Heads.

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