Controlled audit of language-tuned LLMs reveals a Fine-Tuning Paradox where Ukrainian-oriented models resist Russian disinformation less in Russian than Russian-oriented models do, indicating corpus and prompt factors outweigh cultural provenance.
Generative Propaganda: Evidence of AI’s Impact from a State-Backed Disinformation Campaign
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Friend or Foe? Language as an ideological switch in open-weight LLMs under Russian disinformation stress
Controlled audit of language-tuned LLMs reveals a Fine-Tuning Paradox where Ukrainian-oriented models resist Russian disinformation less in Russian than Russian-oriented models do, indicating corpus and prompt factors outweigh cultural provenance.