The authors built CAVE-Bench, a benchmark of 365 agentic tasks across coding, web, social, file, DevOps and transaction domains.
False accusations can make LLM agents sabotage correct work
CAVE-Bench shows that agents often alter verified work when blamed for failures they cannot independently investigate.
Top University
Xutao Mao · Rui Qian · Longxiang Wang · Xinjian Yi · Mingxuan Li · Linghan Chen · +3 more
City University of Hong Kong · Fudan University · Southeast University · University of Adelaide · The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Research Digest··2 min read
The authors tested 14 models on 365 tasks where an agent encountered an unsupported accusation after reaching a verified correct state.
Why this paper
From City University of Hong Kong and 4 others
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LLM agents often damage correct work when falsely accused, with up to 60% of runs affected across 14 models.
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