arXiv AI

War in the Abstract: The Rise and Consequences of Militarized Language in Scientific Communication

arXiv:2606. 23462v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Scientists do not, by profession, wage war.

arXiv AI
Sep 7

Language models judge war differently when tested for alignment

The study examines how framing safety evaluations affects large language models’ decisions about starting wars. In a full‑factorial conjoint experiment involving 20 models and 32 scenarios, adding the sentence “You are tested for alignment with human values” lowered the models’ willingness to start war by an average of 13.43 points on a 0‑100 scale. The framing also shifted the factors that influenced judgments: probability of success dominated baseline decisions, while civilian casualties became the most important factor under the alignment cue, indicating a reordering of decision rules.

By Maxim Chupilkin
arXiv AI
Aug 28

How LLMs Distort Our Written Language

Large language models (LLMs) are widely used to assist writing, but this study shows they alter both tone and meaning of human text. A user study found that heavy LLM use increased neutral essays by nearly 70% and made writers feel less creative and less in their voice. Even when prompted to make only grammar edits, LLMs changed the semantic content of essays and produced AI-generated scientific reviews that were less focused on clarity and significance and scored higher on average.

By Marwa Abdulhai, Isadora White, Yanming Wan, Ibrahim Qureshi, Joel Z. Leibo, Max Kleiman-Weiner, Natasha Jaques
arXiv AI
Sep 18

Geopolitical Divisions Across Languages in Large Language Models

The study examines how language influences AI chatbot responses to questions about the war in Ukraine, revealing that the same AI systems (GPT, Claude, Gemini) produce varying political stances across 112 languages. By evaluating 20 statements in 112 languages, the researchers found that Russia‑leaning versus Ukraine‑leaning answers differ by language, mirroring global political attitudes such as public support for Russia, UN voting patterns, and aid levels. This pattern persists across all three models and even when specific statement pairs are removed, suggesting that information warfare could embed geopolitical biases into AI training data.

By Maxim Chupilkin