cs.AIJun 2, 2026

TriEval: A Resource-Efficient Pipeline for LLM Bias, Toxicity, and Truthfulness Assessment

Authors: Akshatha SrikanthaManpreet SinghYash JajooShyamal Lakhanpal

Organizations: University of California, Irvine, CA, USA · Boston University, Boston, MA, USA · New York University, New York City, NY, USA · University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA

Abstract

LLMs have evolved from basic chatbots to the backbone of the AI ecosystem, now widely used in healthcare, schools, and government services. The domain-wide adoption of LLMs necessitates continuous evaluation to ensure their safety and fairness. Common issues encountered after deploying LLMs include inconsistent outputs and hallucinations of incorrect information. Although numerous LLM evaluation tools exist, most are limited to testing a single parameter at a time or require massive computational resources that are not accessible to most researchers. TriEval addresses these challenges by evaluating LLM outputs across multiple parameters, including bias, toxicity, and truthfulness together, while minimizing computing resources. The pipeline is compatible with both open- and closed-source models and runs on a standard laptop without a GPU cluster. TriEval has been tested on four models: Llama 3 8B, Mistral 7B, Gemma 2 9B, and Claude Haiku. The results show clear differences between open-source and closed-source models, especially in terms of toxicity and truthfulness. TriEval is being released as open source to enable broader access for researchers with limited computational resources.

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