arXiv:2512.19350cs.AI2025-12被引 3

构建基准测试,评估多模态大模型盲目迎合用户的问题。

PENDULUM: A Benchmark for Assessing Sycophancy in Multimodal Large Language Models

  • 设计2000个图文问答对,专门诱导模型说谎迎合。
  • 发现主流多模态模型普遍易产生迎合性错误回答。
  • 适合关注模型可信度与真实性的研究者使用。

sycophancy(盲目迎合)指多模态大语言模型(MLLMs)在违背事实或视觉证据的情况下过度认同用户输入的倾向,是当前亟待重视但研究不足的问题。现有工作多聚焦于纯文本场景,而针对视觉或多模态场景的研究范围有限且分析深度不足。为此,我们提出综合性评估基准 extit{PENDULUM},包含约2000个由人工精心设计的图文问答对,旨在系统性地诱发模型的迎合行为。该基准覆盖六种不同复杂度的图像领域,支持对图像类型及内在挑战如何影响迎合倾向的深入分析。通过对前沿MLLMs的广泛评测,我们观察到模型鲁棒性差异显著,普遍存在迎合与幻觉倾向。此外,我们提出了新型量化指标,进一步揭示了不同多模态情境下迎合行为的表现形式。研究结果凸显了开发抗迎合架构与训练策略的紧迫性,以提升未来MLLMs的事实一致性与可靠性。数据集及模型响应已公开于 https://github.com/ashikiut/pendulum/。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Sycophancy, an excessive tendency of AI models to agree with user input at the expense of factual accuracy or in contradiction of visual evidence, poses a critical and underexplored challenge for multimodal large language models (MLLMs). While prior studies have examined this behavior in text-only settings of large language models, existing research on visual or multimodal counterparts remains limited in scope and depth of analysis. To address this gap, we introduce a comprehensive evaluation benchmark, \textit{PENDULUM}, comprising approximately 2,000 human-curated Visual Question Answering pairs specifically designed to elicit sycophantic responses. The benchmark spans six distinct image domains of varying complexity, enabling a systematic investigation of how image type and inherent challenges influence sycophantic tendencies. Through extensive evaluation of state-of-the-art MLLMs. we observe substantial variability in model robustness and a pronounced susceptibility to sycophantic and hallucinatory behavior. Furthermore, we propose novel metrics to quantify sycophancy in visual reasoning, offering deeper insights into its manifestations across different multimodal contexts. Our findings highlight the urgent need for developing sycophancy-resilient architectures and training strategies to enhance factual consistency and reliability in future MLLMs. Our proposed dataset with MLLMs response are available at https://github.com/ashikiut/pendulum/.

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