How to use MMLU benchmark runs: pick the right variant, run it with lm-evaluation-harness or Inspect, smoke test the format, and read the score honestly.
Can you trust an LLM confidence score? What verbalized scores, logprobs and sampling measure, what 2026 calibration research shows, and how to set safe thresholds.
How to evaluate LLM model performance before you pick one: build a task test set, fix settings, add error bars, test prompt sensitivity, then weigh cost.
LLM benchmarks explained: what MMLU, GPQA Diamond, Humanity's Last Exam, SWE-bench and ARC-AGI measure, why scores saturate, and how to spot contamination.
The best LLM evaluation frameworks in 2026: Promptfoo, DeepEval, Ragas, Inspect and TruLens for apps, plus lm-evaluation-harness and HELM for model benchmarks.
The LLM evaluation metrics that matter in 2026: exact match, BLEU, ROUGE, BERTScore, pass@k, LLM judge rubrics, RAG and safety metrics, and when to use each.