(Why) Is My Prompt Getting Worse? Rethinking Regression Testing for Evolving LLM APIs
Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly integrated into software applications. Downstream application developers often access LLMs through APIs provided as a service. However, LLM APIs are often updated silently and scheduled to be deprecated, forcing users to continuously adapt to evolving models. This can cause performance regression and affect prompt design choices, as evidenced by our case study on toxicity detection. Based on our case study, we emphasize the need for and re-examine the concept of regression testing for evolving LLM APIs. We argue that regression testing LLMs requires fundamental changes to traditional testing approaches, due to different correctness notions, prompting brittleness, and non-determinism in LLM APIs.
Mon 15 AprDisplayed time zone: Lisbon change
14:00 - 15:30 | |||
14:00 15mTalk | A Combinatorial Testing Approach to Hyperparameter OptimizationDistinguished paper Award Candidate Research and Experience Papers Krishna Khadka The University of Texas at Arlington, Jaganmohan Chandrasekaran Virginia Tech, Jeff Yu Lei University of Texas at Arlington, Raghu Kacker National Institute of Standards and Technology, D. Richard Kuhn National Institute of Standards and Technology | ||
14:15 15mTalk | Mutation-based Consistency Testing for Evaluating the Code Understanding Capability of LLMs Research and Experience Papers | ||
14:30 10mTalk | LLMs for Test Input Generation for Semantic Applications Research and Experience Papers Zafaryab Rasool Applied Artificial Intelligence Institute, Deakin University, Scott Barnett Applied Artificial Intelligence Institute, Deakin University, David Willie Applied Artificial Intelligence Institute, Deakin University, Stefanus Kurniawan Deakin University, Sherwin Balugo Applied Artificial Intelligence Institute, Deakin University, Srikanth Thudumu Deakin University, Mohamed Abdelrazek Deakin University, Australia | ||
14:40 10mTalk | (Why) Is My Prompt Getting Worse? Rethinking Regression Testing for Evolving LLM APIs Research and Experience Papers MA Wanqin The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Chenyang Yang Carnegie Mellon University, Christian Kästner Carnegie Mellon University | ||
14:50 10mTalk | Welcome Your New AI Teammate: On Safety Analysis by Leashing Large Language Models Research and Experience Papers Ali Nouri Volvo cars & Chalmers University of Technology, Beatriz Cabrero-Daniel University of Gothenburg, Fredrik Torner Volvo cars, Hakan Sivencrona Zenseact AB, Christian Berger Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden | ||
15:00 10mTalk | ML-On-Rails: Safeguarding Machine Learning Models in Software Systems – A Case Study Research and Experience Papers Hala Abdelkader Applied Artificial Intelligence Institute, Deakin University, Mohamed Abdelrazek Deakin University, Australia, Scott Barnett Applied Artificial Intelligence Institute, Deakin University, Jean-Guy Schneider Monash University, Priya Rani RMIT University, Rajesh Vasa Deakin University, Australia | ||
15:10 20mLive Q&A | Test - Q&A Session Research and Experience Papers |