DiverValue-Bench: A Benchmark and Fine-Tuning Framework for Aligning Large Language Models with Diverse Human Values
DiverValue-Bench: A Benchmark and Fine-Tuning Framework for Aligning Large Language Models with Diverse Human Values
Yao Liang, Dongcheng Zhao, Feifei Zhao, Guobin Shen, Yuwei Wang, Dongqi Liang, Yi Zeng
Proceedings of the Thirty-Fifth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Human-Centred AI. Pages 7647-7657.
https://doi.org/10.24963/ijcai.2026/850
Aligning large language models (LLMs) with diverse human values is essential for safe and effective deployment, yet existing benchmarks often overlook cultural and demographic variation. We introduce DiverValue-Bench, a population-aware benchmark for evaluating multi-dimensional value alignment across 74 countries/regions. It contains 23,763 quality-controlled instances derived from PRISM user feedback and audited through large-scale human validation, with fine-grained value labels, personalized questions, contrastive reference answers, and rich demographic metadata. Using DiverValue-Bench, we evaluate representative LLMs and reveal substantial geographic and demographic disparities that are masked by aggregate performance. We further show that lightweight preference-based fine-tuning with Low-Rank Adaptation (LoRA) and Direct Preference Optimization (DPO) substantially improves in-domain value alignment while yielding consistent out-of-domain gains. These results highlight the need for population-aware alignment evaluation and demonstrate the utility of DiverValue-Bench as a practical foundation for global alignment, personalized value modeling, and equitable AI development.
Keywords:
Human-Centred AI: Humans and AI
Human-Centred AI: AI Ethics, Trust, Fairnes
Human-Centred AI: Natural Language Processing
