arXiv AI By Dorian Quelle, Lisa-Maria Neudert, Jonathan Bright, John Gallacher

InfoOps Bench: A live information operations safety benchmark

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arXiv:2607. 28503v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: In this paper we present an active, constantly updated AI benchmark which measures the integrity of frontier language models against being co-opted for use by authoritarian state "information operations": intentional, coordinated activities by one state to influence public opinion and information ecosystems in another state.

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