arXiv AI By Jiaming Qu, Lucheng fu, Yibo Hu

Easier to Mislead Than to Correct: Harmful and Beneficial Revision in LLM Conformity

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arXiv:2606. 01637v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Large language models are increasingly used in multi-agent systems, where they see and respond to other agents' answers.

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