The AI Alignment Forum

MARCH 17, 2025

Published on March 17, 2025 7:11 PM GMT Note: this is a research note based on observations from evaluating Claude Sonnet 3.7. Were sharing the results of these work-in-progress investigations as we think they are timely and will be informative for other evaluators and decision-makers. Claude Sonnet 3.7 We find that Sonnet 3.7

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Google Research AI blog

MAY 15, 2023

We also found that instruction tuning strengthens the use of prior knowledge more than it increases the capacity to learn input-label mappings. Instruction tuning Instruction tuning is a popular technique for improving model performance, which involves tuning models on various NLP tasks that are phrased as instructions (e.g.,

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.orgSource

AUGUST 19, 2024

Review Systematically How do you evaluate whether your organization’s data is pristine, polluted, or somewhere in the murky in-between? They should receive those instructions from the most reliable source. Data that accurately reflects your members and their preferences is the key to trust, engagement, and enduring relationships.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 16, 2020

This call spurred the increasing demand for program evaluation. In your organization, this may look like negative attitudes toward evaluation, poor research designs and collecting data but not using the data. The root problem here is poor evaluation capacity. The root problem here is poor evaluation capacity.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Preparing for Fundraising Before diving into fundraising, take a moment to evaluate your programs and services. Check out the instructive and inspiring blog posts on fundraising from the experts at Blackbaud. What are your nonprofit’s core strengths? What areas would benefit the most from additional funding? Ready to learn more?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2014

I love all aspects instructional design and facilitation , but being a good trainer also means being a good content curator and resource librarian. ” So, I like to share a few of my favorites that I have inspired me in my instructional/training practice. This six-step instructional model is called “ENGAGE.”

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

When board members bypass the executive director to give direct instructions to staff, or question staff decisions, it breeds confusion and resentment, and can turn into destructive disagreements and passive aggressive behavior. Overworked and underfunded staff rely on a clear, decisive leadership structure to keep them motivated.

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Candid

JUNE 5, 2024

In this article, I’ll explore how nonprofits can utilize Instructional Design principles to develop training that engages, empowers, and educates both colleagues and external stakeholders. What is Instructional Design? Evaluate and iterate on learning experiences.

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Association TV

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

It's meant to provide context, give instruction, or address what you might be thinking as you navigate a digital screen. When you're done, evaluate your experience. This is the basic idea behind microcopy. What is microcopy? Click Here." Read More." "I’m I’m Feeling Lucky.". Microcopy is any short bit of text on a website or app.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Deep-dives into Google Analytics reports with specific examples for evaluating your digital marketing performance. Peer Instruction and the flipped classroom is a research-based, interactive teaching method developed by Eric Mazur at Harvard University in the 1990s.

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Association Analytics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

You can do this by implementing mid-course check-ins or post-course evaluations. Whether it’s modifying course content, improving instructional methods, or offering additional support, insights found in learning analytics can lead to changes that improve your learner experience.

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TechImpact

JULY 8, 2014

A used guide is a step-by-step instruction guide that can cover data entry, reporting, policies, field definitions, and information on how the work should be flowing. Evaluate and analyze outcomes from data. Run consistent reports. In order to accomplish those two objectives, follow these 5 steps. Step 1: Define objectives and goals.

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.orgSource

MAY 1, 2023

Test and evaluate as you move ahead.” The best instruction is probably going to come from the experts who are most familiar with the product, i.e. the vendor. They’re afraid that if they try something new and it doesn’t work, there will be negative consequences. I suggest starting small with the goal of learning.

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Google Research AI blog

MAY 12, 2023

Prior research has investigated several important technical building blocks to enable conversational interaction with mobile UIs, including summarizing a mobile screen for users to quickly understand its purpose, mapping language instructions to UI actions and modeling GUIs so that they are more amenable for language-based interaction.

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Google Research AI blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

With the release of the FRMT data and accompanying evaluation code, we hope to inspire and enable the research community to discover new ways of creating MT systems that are applicable to the large number of regional language varieties spoken worldwide. Pearson correlation coefficient , ρ ) is comparable to the inter-annotator consistency (0.70

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The AI Alignment Forum

JANUARY 31, 2025

The DATDP algorithm works by repeatedly utilizing an evaluation LLM to evaluate a prompt for dangerous or manipulative behaviors-unlike some other approaches , DATDP also explicitly looks for jailbreaking attempts-until a robust safety rating is generated. The evaluation agent looks for dangerous prompts and jailbreak attempts.

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Google Research AI blog

JULY 13, 2023

For instance, language models often require heavy prompt engineering or phrasing tasks as instructions, and they exhibit unexpected behaviors such as performance on tasks being unaffected even when shown incorrect labels. For our experiments, we symbol tune Flan-PaLM , the instruction-tuned variants of PaLM. Foo,” “Bar,” etc.).

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.orgSource

APRIL 1, 2024

Instructions, such as a style guide and taxonomies, are part of this process. They must also provide the authority and guidance that unites strategy, brand, and voice across the organization. But ongoing inter-organization communication and dialogue are even more important.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2013

Images are better than words for instructional aids. The book offers several simple principles to incorporate: Movement is better than sitting. Having participants talk is better than listening. Writing is better than reading. Shorter is better than longer. Different delivery options are better than the same. Incorporating Movement.

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Gyrus

MARCH 14, 2024

An Expert’s Guide to Training Evaluation: Requirements, Models, Levels, and Challenges GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - Business organizations nowadays utilize a variety of training methods to ensure that they keep improving. Let us explore this process of evaluation in greater detail below. Training Evaluation: What is Required?

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Gyrus

MARCH 14, 2024

An Expert’s Guide to Training Evaluation: Requirements, Models, Levels, and Challenges GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - Business organizations nowadays utilize a variety of training methods to ensure that they keep improving. Let us explore this process of evaluation in greater detail below. Training Evaluation: What is Required?

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Gyrus

MARCH 14, 2024

An Expert’s Guide to Training Evaluation: Requirements, Models, Levels, and Challenges Gyrus Systems Gyrus Systems - Best Online Learning Management Systems Business organizations nowadays utilize a variety of training methods to ensure that they keep improving. Let us explore this process of evaluation in greater detail below.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 7, 2024

Your activation request will be reviewed, and you’ll receive an email with further instructions. Evaluate your landing page’s performance on both mobile and desktop versions using the Page Speed Insights tool. Typically, the review process takes around 3 business days.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

As a long-time trainer, professor, and teacher, I feel strongly that interactive learning activities – going beyond the death by Powerpoint Lecture – is the key to retention and application for participants. Your room set up can support your instructional activities that engage participants or get in the way.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 25, 2012

You are cordially invited to start tracking, measuring, evaluating, and sharing! The more we share our data with each other inside and outside of our organizations, the more data-driven we can be in our work collectively. If you’ve been waiting for an invitation to dive into data, this is it.

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Google Research AI blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

What if when given instructions from people, robots could autonomously write their own code to interact with the world? Given natural language instructions, current language models are highly proficient at writing not only generic code but, as we’ve discovered, code that can control robot actions as well.

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Candid

JANUARY 21, 2025

Organizations like Quill.org use AI-powered tools to provide personalized, free writing instruction for K-12 students, which is particularly beneficial for schools with high student-teacher ratios. Nonprofits may lack the technical expertise and staff capacity to evaluate or adopt AI effectively. Build AI literacy.

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Engadget

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

A note on durability Best foldable phones for 2025 How we test foldable phones When evaluating new foldable phones, we consider the same general criteria as we do when were judging the best smartphones. However, unlike regular phones, users are instructed not to remove them without assistance from approved service centers.

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Google Research AI blog

MARCH 23, 2023

Building robots that are proficient at navigation requires an interconnected understanding of (a) vision and natural language (to associate landmarks or follow instructions), and (b) spatial reasoning (to connect a map representing an environment to the true spatial distribution of objects).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2014

Here’s just a few: Instructional. I like to avoid being stuck in the same techniques and am always interested in expanding my toolkit. That’s why I love looking and testing different methods. Peer Learning / Coaching. Reflective Practice. Innovation / Generating New Ideas. Making Decisions and Getting Consensus.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

While I did a pretty thorough participant assessment survey before finalizing the content, the instructional design and creating materials, I always like to get a group understanding of the learning goals and get people ready to learn. While evaluation surveys are great, they are only one form of feedback.

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Blue Avocado

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Forms and related instructions are available at the IRS website. Plan and Evaluate with a Budget Expressed in financial terms, a budget is a map that shows what you plan to do and how you plan to get there. File Form 1099 : Obtain an IRS Form W-9 from those providing paid services who are not your employees.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 21, 2022

After that, Greenly helps you go one step further with instructions to improve your reporting process and get more granular data. If you spent $850 in Salesforce product, Greenly can evaluate the carbon impact of that. How can you evaluate the carbon impact of your suppliers?

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The Verge

DECEMBER 23, 2020

A senior manager also instructed researchers to “strike a positive tone” in a paper this summer. Employees who want to evaluate Google’s own services for bias are asked to consult with the legal, PR, and policy teams first. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. The news was first reported by Reuters.

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Google Research AI blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Second, in “ Scaling Instruction-Finetuned Language Models ”, we explore fine-tuning a language model on a collection of datasets phrased as instructions, a process we call “Flan”. In empirical evaluations, we found that scaling curves improve substantially with only a small amount of UL2 training. million TPUv4 hours).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2017

Evaluate your content, facilitation, and logistical skills against participant evaluations. If time is available, also do a plus/delta exercise with participants as a close out to the session. Measure, evaluate, reflect, and improve. As the facilitator, you have give clear instructions to people and keep time.

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The AI Alignment Forum

MARCH 12, 2025

Published on March 12, 2025 5:56 PM GMT Summary The Stages-Oversight benchmark from the Situational Awareness Dataset tests whether large language models (LLMs) can distinguish between evaluation prompts (such as benchmark questions) and deployment prompts (real-world user inputs).

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