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LLMs cannot self-determine rule boundaries, new paper finds

A new arXiv paper argues that large language models (LLMs) are incapable of determining the scope of rules they can enforce, a concept termed "self-decidability." Researchers found that LLMs exhibit poor agreement on complex regulatory texts and tend to err in the same direction when evaluating their own rule sets. The paper introduces a new verification method called CoVer, which uses unanimity and intervention-based checks to establish a more reliable boundary for agent verification. AI

IMPACT Highlights limitations of LLMs in rule enforcement and proposes a new verification method, impacting the development of trustworthy AI agents.

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LLMs cannot self-determine rule boundaries, new paper finds

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Anthony Rhodes ·

    Not Self-Decidable: LLMs Cannot Draw the Boundary of What an Agent Verifier Can Check

    arXiv:2610.04699v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: A verifier for an agent faces rules of two kinds: the ones a fixed check can settle and the ones that require a judge. A team that derives its own checks fixes that split up front. Where the requirements come from outside, as in…