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Australian students use LLM bots in election-swinging wargame

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A Capture the Narrative wargame saw 288 Australian university students utilize LLM-powered bots to influence a simulated election. This competition provided insights into the tactics used and generated a dataset for future research. The event was organized by Hammond Pearce and Rahat Masood from UNSW Sydney. AI

IMPACT This simulation highlights the potential for LLM-powered bots to influence public opinion and elections, underscoring the need for robust defenses against disinformation.

RANK_REASON The item describes a wargame simulation using LLMs, which falls under AI-adjacent tools or applications rather than a core AI release or research.

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Australian students use LLM bots in election-swinging wargame

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Capture the Narrative: a CTF-style massively multiplayer wargame in which 288 Australian university students ran LLM-powered bot campaigns to swing a simulated

    Capture the Narrative: a CTF-style massively multiplayer wargame in which 288 Australian university students ran LLM-powered bot campaigns to swing a simulated election. The competition, what it taught, and the dataset it produced for future research. Hammond Pearce and Rahat Mas…

    LINKS unprompted.au/schedule unprompted.au/schedule

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