// Evaluate & guard
helmv0.5.16
Holistic Evaluation of Language Models (HELM) is an open source Python framework created by the Center for Research on Foundation Models (CRFM) at Stanford for holistic, reproducible and transparent evaluation of foundation models, including large language models (LLMs) and multimodal models.
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helm is holistic Evaluation of Language Models (HELM) is an open source Python framework created by the Center for Research on Foundation Models (CRFM) at Stanford for holistic, reproducible and transparent evaluation of foundation models, including large language models (LLMs) and multimodal models.
Good for: Developers and teams who want to evaluate & guard.
01How to start
- 1Read the official quick-start (link above).
- 2Install or sign up as the official guide describes.
- 3Try it on a small example before wiring it into a project.
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