Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) enhances large language models (LLMs) by integrating external knowledge sources, enabling more accurate and contextually relevant responses tailored to user queries. These systems, however, remain susceptible to corpus poisoning attacks, which can severely impair the performance of LLMs. To address this challenge, we propose TrustRAG, a robust framework that systematically filters malicious and irrelevant content before it is retrieved for generation. Our approach employs a two-stage defense mechanism. The first stage implements a cluster filtering strategy to detect potential attack patterns. The second stage employs a self-assessment process that harnesses the internal capabilities of LLMs to detect malicious documents and resolve inconsistencies. TrustRAG provides a plug-and-play, training-free module that integrates seamlessly with any open- or closed-source language model. Extensive experiments demonstrate that TrustRAG delivers substantial improvements in retrieval accuracy, efficiency, and attack resistance.
Trustworthiness in Retrieval-Augmented Generation Systems: A Survey
Tsinghua University(清华大学);Renmin University of China(中国人民大学);The Chinese University of Hong Kong(香港中文大学);Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence(北京人工智能研究院);Hong Kong Polytechnic University(香港理工大学);Microsoft Research Asia(微软亚洲研究院);University of Illinois(伊利诺伊大学)
Rethinking All Evidence: Enhancing Trustworthy Retrieval-Augmented Generation via Conflict-Driven Summarization
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院大学);Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院);National University of Defense Technology(国防科技大学);Chongqing University of Technology(重庆理工大学)
ParamMute: Suppressing Knowledge-Critical FFNs for Faithful Retrieval-Augmented Generation
School of Computer Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, China(东北大学计算机科学与工程学院);Department of Computer Science and Technology, Institute for AI, Tsinghua University, China(清华大学人工智能研究院计算机科学与技术系);Microsoft Research Asia, Beijing, China(微软亚洲研究院);Language Technologies Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, United States(卡内基梅隆大学语言技术研究所)
WeKnow-RAG: An Adaptive Approach for Retrieval-Augmented Generation Integrating Web Search and Knowledge Graphs
Ping An Bank Co., Ltd.(平安银行股份有限公司);Tsinghua University(清华大学);Central South University(中南大学);Shanghai Yiwo Information Technology Co., Ltd.(上海易沃信息技术有限公司);Kwangwoon University(光云大学)
C-RAG: Certified Generation Risks for Retrieval-Augmented Language Models
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign(伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校);Delft University of Technology(代尔夫特理工大学);Netflix Eyeline Studios;University of California, Berkeley(加州大学伯克利分校);University of Chicago(芝加哥大学)
Transparentize the Internal and External Knowledge Utilization in LLMs with Trustworthy Citation
The Key Laboratory of Cognition and Decision Intelligence for Complex Systems Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences(认知与决策智能复杂系统重点实验室,中国科学院自动化研究所);School of Artificial Intelligence, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院大学人工智能学院);University of Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院大学);Unisound Al Technology Co,Ltd(Unisound人工智能技术有限公司);Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory(上海人工智能实验室)
FAITH: Factuality Alignment through Integrating Trustworthiness and Honestness
Tsinghua University, Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences(清华大学,交叉信息研究院);Shanghai Qi Zhi Institute(上海期智研究院);South China Normal University, School of Electronic Science and Engineering(华南师范大学,电子科学与工程学院);Guangzhou Richstone Data Technologies Co., Ltd.(广州瑞驰数据技术有限公司);LMU Munich & Munich Center for Machine Learning(慕尼黑大学 & 慕尼黑机器学习中心)
Towards Trustworthy Retrieval Augmented Generation for Large Language Models: A Survey
Vanderbilt University(范德堡大学);University of Notre Dame(圣母大学);University of Oregon(俄勒冈大学);Meta;Oracle Health AI(甲骨文健康人工智能公司);Adobe Research(奥多比研究院);Cisco AI Research(思科人工智能研究院);North Carolina State University(北卡罗来纳州立大学);The Hong Kong Polytechnic University(香港理工大学);Air Force Research Lab(空军研究实验室)
SeCon-RAG: A Two-Stage Semantic Filtering and Conflict-Free Framework for Trustworthy RAG
Institute of Software Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China(中国科学院软件研究所);Key Laboratory of System Software (Chinese Academy of Sciences) and State Key Laboratory of Computer Science, Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China(中国科学院系统软件重点实验室和计算机科学国家重点实验室);University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China(中国科学院大学);Northeast University China(东北大学);Institute of Ai For industries Nanjing China(人工智能产业研究院);Southwest University China(西南大学);Nanyang Technological University Singapore(新加坡南洋理工大学);Alibaba China(阿里巴巴(中国))
From Scores to Steps: Diagnosing and Improving LLM Performance in Evidence-Based Medical Calculations
Department of Computer Science, Yale University, CT, USA(耶鲁大学计算机科学系);Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research, VA Bedford Health Care(VA贝福德医疗中心健康组织与实施研究中心);Miner School of Computer and Information Sciences, UMass Lowell, MA, USA(UMass洛厄尔矿尔计算机与信息科学学院);Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences, UMass Amherst, MA, USA(UMass阿默斯特马宁信息与计算机科学学院)
URAG: A Benchmark for Uncertainty Quantification in Retrieval-Augmented Large Language Models
Uppsala University(乌普萨拉大学);University of Science, VNU-HCM(VNU-HCM大学);Indiana University(印第安纳大学);FPT Software, AI Center(FPT软件人工智能中心);The Pennsylvania State University(宾夕法尼亚州立大学);VNU University of Engineering(VNU工程大学);University of Illinois at Chicago(伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校)
G-Refer: Graph Retrieval-Augmented Large Language Model for Explainable Recommendation
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)(香港科技大学(广州));The Chinese University of Hong Kong(香港中文大学);Monash University(莫纳什大学);Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.(华为技术有限公司)
Verified Misguidance: Measuring Structural Citation Failures in Search-Augmented LLMs
Department of Artificial Intelligence, Yonsei University(延世大学人工智能系);Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Konkuk University(Konkuk大学计算机科学与工程系);Incheon International Airport Corporation(仁川国际机场公司);Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Ewha Womans University(成均馆女子大学计算机科学与工程系)
Towards trustworthy agentic AI: a comprehensive survey of safety, robustness, privacy, and system security
Faculty of Engineering, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong(香港中文大学工程学院、计算机科学与工程系);Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Incubation Institute, Fudan University(复旦大学人工智能创新与孵化院);Shanghai Academy of AI for Science(上海人工智能科学研究院)
Benchmarking Chinese Medical LLMs: A Medbench-based Analysis of Performance Gaps and Hierarchical Optimization Strategies
Shanghai Institute of Infectious Disease and Biosecurity, Fudan University(复旦大学附属上海市感染与生物安全研究院);Shanghai Health Development Research Center(Shanghai Medical Information Center)(上海卫生发展研究中心(上海市医学信息中心));Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory(上海人工智能实验室)
CONFLARE: CONFormal LArge language model REtrieval
Mayo Clinic Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Mayo Clinic(梅奥诊所人工智能实验室,梅奥诊所);Orthopedic Surgery Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Mayo Clinic(梅奥诊所骨科手术人工智能实验室);Tehran University of Medical Sciences(德黑兰医科大学)