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Theory of Mind and Persuasion Beyond Conversation: Assessing the Capacity of LLMs to Induce Belief States via Planning and Action
Ben Slater, Matteo G. Mecattaf, Lucy G. Cheke +2
Theory of Mind (ToM) benchmarks for Large Language Models (LLMs) typically rely on passive question-answering formats, but the deployment of LLMs in increasingly agentic and autono…
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The Missing Red Line: How Commercial Pressure Erodes AI Safety Boundaries
Nora Petrova, John Burden
What happens when an AI assistant is told to "maximise sales" while a user asks about drug interactions? We find that commercial system prompts can override safety training, causin…