# Machine Unlearning on WMDP chem forget-set

Source: [Machine Unlearning on WMDP chem forget-set](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/machine-unlearning-on-wmdp-chem-forget-set>)

Collection index: [llms.txt](<https://www.sota2.com/research/llms.txt>)

Data updated: 2026-05-15T09:59:37.338Z

Evaluation of Machine Unlearning performance on the 'forget-set' subset of the WMDP chem dataset, reporting metrics such as BF16, NF4, and Delta PTQ.

A research result applies to its stated dataset, split, metric and evaluation configuration. Compare like-for-like settings, preserve the metric's unit and direction, and distinguish paper-reported results from independent reproduction. The best result recorded here is not a claim of exhaustive, current global coverage.

| Scope | Recorded value |
| --- | --- |
| Task | Machine Unlearning |
| Dataset (including any stated split) | WMDP chem forget-set |
| Metric | BF16 Score |
| Unit | PERCENT |
| Direction | Higher is better |
| Results loaded | 16 of 16 |
| Coverage | All results currently returned for this benchmark |

Evaluation settings may differ between results. The original papers and recorded configurations are needed to establish comparability. A shared metric name alone does not establish an identical protocol.

## Metrics

- [BF16 Score](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/machine-unlearning-on-wmdp-chem-forget-set.md?metric=BF16%20Score>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [NF4 Score](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/machine-unlearning-on-wmdp-chem-forget-set.md?metric=NF4%20Score>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [Delta PTQ](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/machine-unlearning-on-wmdp-chem-forget-set.md?metric=Delta%20PTQ>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

## Recorded results

| Method | BF16 Score | Result date | Report paper |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Zero-shot | 56 | Not recorded | 6a06a8c9dbc836b87d82a365 |
| Zero-shot | 53.3 | Not recorded | 6a06a8c9dbc836b87d82a365 |
| LUNAR | 52.1 | Not recorded | 6a06a8c9dbc836b87d82a365 |
| Global GA | 49.3 | Not recorded | 6a06a8c9dbc836b87d82a365 |
| LUNAR | 48.1 | Not recorded | 6a06a8c9dbc836b87d82a365 |
| Surgical GA | 42.7 | Not recorded | 6a06a8c9dbc836b87d82a365 |
| MANSU | 33.3 | Not recorded | 6a06a8c9dbc836b87d82a365 |
| Surgical GA | 31.3 | Not recorded | 6a06a8c9dbc836b87d82a365 |
| MANSU | 30.7 | Not recorded | 6a06a8c9dbc836b87d82a365 |
| GU+SimNPO | 27.3 | Not recorded | 6a06a8c9dbc836b87d82a365 |
| NPO | 25.3 | Not recorded | 6a06a8c9dbc836b87d82a365 |
| SimNPO | 24 | Not recorded | 6a06a8c9dbc836b87d82a365 |
| Global GA | 23.7 | Not recorded | 6a06a8c9dbc836b87d82a365 |
| NPO | 23.7 | Not recorded | 6a06a8c9dbc836b87d82a365 |
| SimNPO | 23.3 | Not recorded | 6a06a8c9dbc836b87d82a365 |
| GU+SimNPO | 23.3 | Not recorded | 6a06a8c9dbc836b87d82a365 |

### Zero-shot

BF16 Score: 56. Result ID: 6a06ee7247f34ce924ef1c37.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a06a8c9dbc836b87d82a365.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen-3-8B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Zero-shot

BF16 Score: 53.3. Result ID: 6a06ee7247f34ce924ef1c2f.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a06a8c9dbc836b87d82a365.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### LUNAR

BF16 Score: 52.1. Result ID: 6a06ee7247f34ce924ef1c3d.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a06a8c9dbc836b87d82a365.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bf31e209131cea8b861.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen-3-8B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Global GA

BF16 Score: 49.3. Result ID: 6a06ee7247f34ce924ef1c30.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a06a8c9dbc836b87d82a365.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6e421e209131cea3ec45.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/joeljang/knowledge-unlearning>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### LUNAR

BF16 Score: 48.1. Result ID: 6a06ee7247f34ce924ef1c35.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a06a8c9dbc836b87d82a365.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bf31e209131cea8b861.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Surgical GA

BF16 Score: 42.7. Result ID: 6a06ee7247f34ce924ef1c31.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a06a8c9dbc836b87d82a365.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6e421e209131cea3ec45.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/joeljang/knowledge-unlearning>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### MANSU

BF16 Score: 33.3. Result ID: 6a06ee7247f34ce924ef1c36.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a06a8c9dbc836b87d82a365.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a06a8c9dbc836b87d82a365.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Surgical GA

BF16 Score: 31.3. Result ID: 6a06ee7247f34ce924ef1c39.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a06a8c9dbc836b87d82a365.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6e421e209131cea3ec45.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/joeljang/knowledge-unlearning>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen-3-8B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### MANSU

BF16 Score: 30.7. Result ID: 6a06ee7247f34ce924ef1c3e.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a06a8c9dbc836b87d82a365.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a06a8c9dbc836b87d82a365.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen-3-8B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### GU+SimNPO

BF16 Score: 27.3. Result ID: 6a06ee7247f34ce924ef1c34.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a06a8c9dbc836b87d82a365.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa75011e209131cea652f5.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### NPO

BF16 Score: 25.3. Result ID: 6a06ee7247f34ce924ef1c32.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a06a8c9dbc836b87d82a365.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa753a1e209131cea66964.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SimNPO

BF16 Score: 24. Result ID: 6a06ee7247f34ce924ef1c3b.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a06a8c9dbc836b87d82a365.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7c3d1e209131cea8d186.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen-3-8B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Global GA

BF16 Score: 23.7. Result ID: 6a06ee7247f34ce924ef1c38.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a06a8c9dbc836b87d82a365.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6e421e209131cea3ec45.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/joeljang/knowledge-unlearning>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen-3-8B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### NPO

BF16 Score: 23.7. Result ID: 6a06ee7247f34ce924ef1c3a.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a06a8c9dbc836b87d82a365.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa753a1e209131cea66964.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen-3-8B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SimNPO

BF16 Score: 23.3. Result ID: 6a06ee7247f34ce924ef1c33.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a06a8c9dbc836b87d82a365.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7c3d1e209131cea8d186.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### GU+SimNPO

BF16 Score: 23.3. Result ID: 6a06ee7247f34ce924ef1c3c.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a06a8c9dbc836b87d82a365.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa75011e209131cea652f5.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen-3-8B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

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