Summary of Context-aware Membership Inference Attacks Against Pre-trained Large Language Models, by Hongyan Chang et al.
Context-Aware Membership Inference Attacks against Pre-trained Large Language Models
by Hongyan Chang, Ali Shahin Shamsabadi, Kleomenis Katevas, Hamed Haddadi, Reza Shokri
First submitted to arxiv on: 11 Sep 2024
Categories
- Main: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Cryptography and Security (cs.CR); Machine Learning (cs.LG); Machine Learning (stat.ML)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This paper presents a novel approach to Membership Inference Attacks (MIAs) on Large Language Models (LLMs), which are typically adapted from classification model attacks. The authors argue that these previous methods fail because they ignore the generative process of LLMs across token sequences. To address this, they propose a new method that adapts MIA statistical tests to the perplexity dynamics of subsequences within a data point. This approach significantly outperforms prior loss-based approaches, revealing context-dependent memorization patterns in pre-trained LLMs. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary In simple terms, this paper is about finding ways to make sure big language models aren’t accidentally learning information from certain groups or individuals. The authors are trying to figure out how these models work and what they remember from different parts of their training data. They’re using a new way of analyzing the model’s behavior that takes into account how it responds to different sequences of words. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Classification * Inference * Perplexity * Token
