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Knowledge Editing is a technique that updates large language models (LLMs) with new information to maintain their world knowledge. This approach avoids the need to rebuild the model from scratch, thereby addressing the high costs associated…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-09-09 Changyue Wang , Weihang Su , Qingyao Ai , Yichen Tang , Yiqun Liu

The potential of using a large language model (LLM) as a knowledge base (KB) has sparked significant interest. To manage the knowledge acquired by LLMs, we need to ensure that the editing of learned facts respects internal logical…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-12-05 Zichao Li , Ines Arous , Siva Reddy , Jackie C. K. Cheung

The current trend toward ever-larger models makes standard retraining procedures an ever-more expensive burden. For this reason, there is growing interest in model editing, which enables computationally inexpensive, interpretable, post-hoc…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-07-19 Davis Brown , Charles Godfrey , Cody Nizinski , Jonathan Tu , Henry Kvinge

Knowledge editing aims to update outdated or incorrect knowledge in large language models (LLMs). However, current knowledge editing methods have limited scalability for lifelong editing. This study explores the fundamental reason why…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-02-27 Chenhui Hu , Pengfei Cao , Yubo Chen , Kang Liu , Jun Zhao

We call into question the recently popularized method of direct model editing as a means of correcting factual errors in LLM generations. We contrast model editing with three similar but distinct approaches that pursue better defined…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-10-19 Yuval Pinter , Michael Elhadad

Editing knowledge in large language models is an attractive capability to have which allows us to correct incorrectly learnt facts during pre-training, as well as update the model with an ever-growing list of new facts. While existing model…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-06-11 Akshat Gupta , Anurag Rao , Gopala Anumanchipalli

We reveal the theoretical foundations of techniques for editing large language models, and present new methods which can do so without requiring retraining. Our theoretical insights show that a single metric (a measure of the intrinsic…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-10-31 Oliver J. Sutton , Qinghua Zhou , Wei Wang , Desmond J. Higham , Alexander N. Gorban , Alexander Bastounis , Ivan Y. Tyukin

Large language models (LLMs) often produce incorrect or outdated information, necessitating efficient and precise knowledge updates. Current model editing methods, however, struggle with long-form knowledge in diverse formats, such as…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-10-13 Houcheng Jiang , Junfeng Fang , Ningyu Zhang , Guojun Ma , Mingyang Wan , Xiang Wang , Xiangnan He , Tat-seng Chua

Recently, knowledge editing on large language models (LLMs) has received considerable attention. Compared to this, editing Large Vision-Language Models (LVLMs) faces extra challenges from diverse data modalities and complicated model…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-10-30 Han Huang , Haitian Zhong , Tao Yu , Qiang Liu , Shu Wu , Liang Wang , Tieniu Tan

Large language models (LLMs) have recently transformed both the academic and industrial landscapes due to their remarkable capacity to understand, analyze, and generate texts based on their vast knowledge and reasoning ability.…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-09-23 Song Wang , Yaochen Zhu , Haochen Liu , Zaiyi Zheng , Chen Chen , Jundong Li

Knowledge editing and machine unlearning are two popular approaches for large language models (LLMs) to stay up-to-date. However, the knowledge updating mechanism of LLMs remains largely unexplored due to insufficient, isolated, and…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-03-26 Yinyi Luo , Zhexian Zhou , Hao Chen , Kai Qiu , Marios Savvides , Sharon Li , Jindong Wang

While Knowledge Editing has been extensively studied in monolingual settings, it remains underexplored in multilingual contexts. This survey systematizes recent research on Multilingual Knowledge Editing (MKE), a growing subdomain of model…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-11-04 Nadir Durrani , Basel Mousi , Fahim Dalvi

Memory Editing (ME) has emerged as an efficient method to modify erroneous facts or inject new facts into Large Language Models (LLMs). Two mainstream ME methods exist: parameter-modifying ME and parameter-preserving ME (integrating extra…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-02-20 Zihao Lin , Mohammad Beigi , Hongxuan Li , Yufan Zhou , Yuxiang Zhang , Qifan Wang , Wenpeng Yin , Lifu Huang

Large Language Models (LLMs) represent an advanced evolution of earlier, simpler language models. They boast enhanced abilities to handle complex language patterns and generate coherent text, images, audios, and videos. Furthermore, they…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-03-01 Jun Huang , Jiawei Zhang , Qi Wang , Weihong Han , Yanchun Zhang

Although model editing has shown promise in revising knowledge in Large Language Models (LLMs), its impact on the inherent capabilities of LLMs is often overlooked. In this work, we reveal a critical phenomenon: even a single edit can…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-06-06 Wanli Yang , Fei Sun , Xinyu Ma , Xun Liu , Dawei Yin , Xueqi Cheng

Fine-tuning-based unlearning methods prevail for preventing targeted harmful, sensitive, or copyrighted information within large language models while preserving overall capabilities. However, the true effectiveness of these methods is…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-10-16 Yihuai Hong , Yuelin Zou , Lijie Hu , Ziqian Zeng , Di Wang , Haiqin Yang

Large language models (LLMs) are pivotal in advancing natural language processing (NLP) tasks, yet their efficacy is hampered by inaccuracies and outdated knowledge. Model editing emerges as a promising solution to address these challenges.…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-02-22 Mengqi Zhang , Xiaotian Ye , Qiang Liu , Pengjie Ren , Shu Wu , Zhumin Chen

Modeling structure and behavior of software systems plays a crucial role, in various areas of software engineering. As with other software engineering artifacts, software models are subject to evolution. Supporting modelers in evolving…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-12-20 Christof Tinnes , Thomas Fuchß , Uwe Hohenstein , Sven Apel

Model editing techniques are essential for efficiently updating knowledge in large language models (LLMs). However, the effectiveness of existing approaches degrades in massive editing scenarios, particularly when evaluated with practical…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-02-25 Yanbo Dai , Zhenlan Ji , Zongjie Li , Shuai Wang

Large Language Models (LLMs) have recently gained significant attention due to their remarkable capabilities in performing diverse tasks across various domains. However, a thorough evaluation of these models is crucial before deploying them…