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Bad Actors are Grooming LLMs to Produce Falsehoods

We recorded 4 claims from this post. 4 can’t be checked. 4 more are held. Read the post at its source.

Claims from this post (4)

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  1. Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid

  2. Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid

    “If the data that a model has been trained on or can access via real-time search has been tainted, then the model may well just regurgitate that tainted information.”

    What we tested: If an LLM's training data or search-accessible data is tainted, the model may well regurgitate the tainted information.

  3. Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid

    “To the extent that such systems are now supplying news to a large number of people, this is a serious failure, with potentially serious consequences.”

    What we tested: To the extent that such systems now supply news to a large number of people, o3's failure to note that the Pravda network is a known disinformation network is a serious failure with potentially serious consequences.

  4. Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid

    “In the meantime, systems of naive mimicry and regurgitation, such as the AIs we have now, are soiling their own futures (and training databases) every time they unthinkingly repeat propaganda.”

    What we tested: Current AIs, being naive mimicry systems, degrade their own futures and training data whenever they repeat propaganda.

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