3 papers
cs.CL2025
Accuracy and Political Bias of News Source Credibility Ratings by Large Language Models
Kai-Cheng Yang, Filippo Menczer
Search engines increasingly leverage large language models (LLMs) to generate direct answers, and AI chatbots now access the Internet for fresh data. As information curators for bi…
cs.HC2024
Fact-checking information from large language models can decrease headline discernment
Matthew R. DeVerna, Harry Yaojun Yan, Kai-Cheng Yang +1
Fact checking can be an effective strategy against misinformation, but its implementation at scale is impeded by the overwhelming volume of information online. Recent artificial in…
cs.CY2024
Quantifying the Vulnerabilities of the Online Public Square to Adversarial Manipulation Tactics
Bao Tran Truong, Xiaodan Lou, Alessandro Flammini +1
Social media, seen by some as the modern public square, is vulnerable to manipulation. By controlling inauthentic accounts impersonating humans, malicious actors can amplify disinf…