Articles By
Maryna Sydorova
LLMs grooming or data voids? LLM-powered chatbot references to Kremlin disinformation reflect information gaps, not manipulation
Maxim Alyukov, Mykola Makhortykh, Alexandr Voronovici and Maryna Sydorova
Some of today’s most popular large language model (LLM)-powered chatbots occasionally reference Kremlin-linked disinformation websites, but it might not be for the reasons many fear. While some recent studies have claimed that Russian actors are “grooming” LLMs by flooding the web with disinformation, our small-scale analysis finds little evidence for this.
Stochastic lies: How LLM-powered chatbots deal with Russian disinformation about the war in Ukraine
Mykola Makhortykh, Maryna Sydorova, Ani Baghumyan, Victoria Vziatysheva and Elizaveta Kuznetsova
Research on digital misinformation has turned its attention to large language models (LLMs) and their handling of sensitive political topics. Through an AI audit, we analyze how three LLM-powered chatbots (Perplexity, Google Bard, and Bing Chat) generate content in response to the prompts linked to common Russian disinformation narratives about the war in Ukraine.