How Artificial Intelligence LLM Engines Shape the Global Conflict Information Environment

arXiv cs.AI · 6 hours ago

Researchers tested five leading AI answer engines on questions about 28 conflicts and found they hallucinate more when conflicts have sparse documentation available. The engines made errors on 5,460 answers, with thinner records correlating to more invented details and misattribution. This vulnerability enables actors to manipulate AI responses through search optimization techniques, a practice already occurring on 1,048 websites analyzed, requiring policymakers to invest in local monitoring and translation-based research.