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LLMs grooming or data voids? LLM-powered chatbot references to Kremlin disinformation reflect information gaps, not manipulation

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: 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. When such references appear, they can be due to “data voids,” gaps in credible information, rather than foreign interference.

Source: Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review

DOI: 10.37016/mr-2020-187

Authors: Maxim Alyukov, Mykola Makhortykh, Alexandr Voronovici, Maryna Sydorova

Institutions: University of Manchester, University of Bern

Language: English

Topic: Misinformation and Its Impacts

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4415197982

FWCI: 5.439

Cites: 24

Cited by: 3

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