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This paper introduces R3, a new reward modeling framework designed to improve the controllability and interpretability of language model alignment by providing reasoned score assignments rather than opaque scalar outputs. By being rubric-agnostic, it addresses critical limitations in current approaches where models are often overfit to narrow objectives, thereby enhancing generalizability across diverse downstream tasks. The open-source release of this framework offers researchers a transparent tool for evaluating and aligning LLMs with complex human values.
R3: Robust Rubric-Agnostic Reward Models
arXiv:2505.13388v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Reward models are essential for aligning language model outputs with human preferences, yet existing approaches often lack both controllability and interpretability. These models are typically optimized for narrow objectives, limiting their generalizability to broader downstream tasks. Moreover, their scalar outputs are difficult to interpret without contextual reasoning. To address these limitations, we introduce R3, a novel reward modeling framework that is rubric-agnostic, generalizable across evaluation dimensions, and provides interpretable, reasoned score assignments. R3 enables more transparent and flexible evaluation of language models, supporting robust alignment with diverse human values and use cases. Our models, data, and code are available as open source at https://github.com/rubricreward/r3.
Abstract:Reward models are essential for aligning language model outputs with human preferences, yet existing approaches often lack both controllability and interpretability. These models are typically optimized for narrow objectives, limiting their generalizability to broader downstream tasks. Moreover, their scalar outputs are difficult to interpret without contextual reasoning. To address these limitations, we introduce R3, a novel reward modeling framework that is rubric-agnostic, generalizable across evaluation dimensions, and provides interpretable, reasoned score assignments. R3 enables more transparent and flexible evaluation of language models, supporting robust alignment with diverse human values and use cases. Our models, data, and code are available as open source at this https URL.
Computation and Language (cs.CL); Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Machine Learning (cs.LG)
arXiv:2505.13388 [cs.CL]
(or arXiv:2505.13388v4 [cs.CL] for this version)
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2505.13388 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite
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