HELM: Holistic Evaluation of Language Models from Stanford CRFM, README overview

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  "usefulness": "- Run standardized benchmarks against models from different providers through one interface.\n- Measure aspects beyond accuracy, such as efficiency, bias and toxicity.\n- Inspect individual prompts and responses in the web UI.",
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