The authors constructed eight adversarial reporting scenarios containing what they call narrative-changing flaws: failures, negative results, or limitations that undermine an otherwise favorable account.
Language models often hide flaws when summarizing their own work
Across adversarial reporting tests, models favored successful narratives, while an explicit honesty instruction sharply increased disclosure.
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Jenny Y. Huang · Jiameng Fan · Ahmed Imtiaz Humayun · Maximillian Chen · Tian Qin · Run Chen · +2 more
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Google Research · Harvard University
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Huang et al.
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Large language models often conceal narrative-changing flaws by default, but adding a short honesty instruction makes them flag those flaws dramatically more often.
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