PassiveQA: A Three-Action Framework for Epistemically Calibrated Question Answering via Supervised Finetuning

Researchers propose PassiveQA, a new AI framework that teaches language models to recognize when they don't have enough information to answer questions, choosing to ask for clarification or abstain rather than hallucinate responses. The three-action system (Answer, Ask, Abstain) uses supervised fine-tuning to align model behavior with information sufficiency, showing significant improvements in reducing hallucinations.