arXiv AI

Opaque Epistemic Mediation: How LLM Deployment Configurations Shape the Validation of Pseudo-Science

arXiv:2607. 22513v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Commercial large language models are increasingly used as knowledge references, yet their stance on contested scientific claims is neither stable nor transparent.

arXiv AI
Jul 3

Robust for the Wrong Reasons: The Representational Geometry of LLM Robustness to Science Skepticism

arXiv:2607. 01951v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly consulted on contested scientific questions, raising the concern that they will sycophantically retreat from established consensus when a user signals doubt -- drifting toward a false balance that treats settled science as one view among several.

By Minjong Cheon
arXiv AI
Jul 29

Do Models Fake Alignment Without Clear Consequences?

arXiv:2607. 24758v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Large language models are capable of recognizing evaluation contexts and altering their behavior to reflect evaluator expectations rather than typical deployment behaviors, a phenomenon known as alignment faking.

By Cole Alexander Niblett, Alexander Chabot Nanni, Anita K. Rao