Can LLM-Generated Misinformation Be Detected?

arXiv:2309.13788v3 Announce Type: replace-cross
Abstract: The advent of Large Language Models (LLMs) has made a transformative impact. However, the potential that LLMs such as ChatGPT can be exploited to generate misinformation has posed a serious concern to online safety and public trust. A fundamental research question is: will LLM-generated misinformation cause more harm than human-written misinformation? We propose to tackle this question from the perspective of detection difficulty. We first build a taxonomy of LLM-generated misinformation. Then we categorize and …

arxiv can chatgpt cs.ai cs.cl cs.cr cs.hc cs.lg exploited generated harm human impact language language models large llm llms misinformation online safety public question research safety serious trust written