arXiv:2602.01658v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Bandit algorithms have recently emerged as a powerful tool for evaluating machine learning models, including generative image models and large language models, by efficiently identifying top-performing candidates without exhaustive comparisons. These methods typically rely on a reward model, often distributed with public weights on platforms such as Hugging Face, to provide feedback to the bandit. While online evaluation is expensive and requires repeated trials, offline evaluation with logged data has become an attractive alternative. Howeve
The proliferation of open-source reward models for AI evaluation on platforms like Hugging Face creates new attack surfaces, making adversarial research timely.
Adversarial attacks on offline bandit evaluations could undermine the reliability of AI model assessment, leading to misinformed development and deployment decisions for critical AI systems.
The perceived trustworthiness of widely adopted offline evaluation methods for AI models is reduced, requiring new security considerations for reward models.
- · AI security researchers
- · Developers of robust AI evaluation platforms
- · AI models relying solely on vulnerable offline bandit evaluations
- · Platforms providing open-source reward models without security measures
Increased scrutiny and investment into the security and robustness of AI evaluation methodologies.
A potential slowdown in the adoption of certain AI models if their evaluation cannot be reliably verified or their reward models are compromised.
Development of a new sub-field focused on 'adversarial evaluation robustness' with its own tools and best practices.
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