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This work proposes a contextualised detection framework for implicitly hateful speech, implemented as a multi-agent system comprising a central Moderator Agent and dynamically constructed Community Agents representing specific demographic…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-01-28 Ewelina Gajewska , Katarzyna Budzynska , Jarosław A Chudziak

Fact-checking aims to verify the truthfulness of a claim based on the retrieved evidence. Existing methods typically follow a decomposition paradigm, in which a claim is broken down into sub-claims that are individually verified. However,…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-01-26 Mingwei Sun , Qianlong Wang , Ruifeng Xu

LLM-based agents are increasingly used to simulate deliberative interactions such as negotiation, conflict resolution, and multi-turn opinion exchange. Yet generated transcripts often do not reveal why an agent's stance changes: movement…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-05-18 Joshua C. Yang , Maurice Flechtner , Damian Dailisan , Michiel A. Bakker

Making LLMs speak for different, especially minority groups of people, and generate statements supporting their diverse or even controversial perspectives is critical to creating an inclusive environment. However, existing LLMs lack…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-06-11 Ming Li , Jiuhai Chen , Lichang Chen , Tianyi Zhou

Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used to simulate social behaviour, yet their political biases and interaction dynamics in debates remain underexplored. We investigate how LLM type and agent gender attributes influence…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-06-16 Aishwarya Bandaru , Fabian Bindley , Trevor Bluth , Nandini Chavda , Baixu Chen , Ethan Law

Detecting machine-generated text (MGT) from contemporary Large Language Models (LLMs) is increasingly crucial amid risks like disinformation and threats to academic integrity. Existing zero-shot detection paradigms, despite their…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-08-19 Yue Wang , Liesheng Wei , Yuxiang Wang

Complex claim fact-checking performs a crucial role in disinformation detection. However, existing fact-checking methods struggle with claim vagueness, specifically in effectively handling latent information and complex relations within…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-02-25 Yuxuan Liu , Hongda Sun , Wenya Guo , Xinyan Xiao , Cunli Mao , Zhengtao Yu , Rui Yan

This paper presents our submission to the ACMMM25 - Grand Challenge on Multimedia Verification. We developed a multi-agent verification system that combines Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLMs) with specialized verification tools to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-08 Huy Hoan Le , Van Sy Thinh Nguyen , Thi Le Chi Dang , Vo Thanh Khang Nguyen , Truong Thanh Hung Nguyen , Hung Cao

Negotiation is a central mechanism of economic exchange, shaping markets, procurement, labor agreements, and resource allocation. It is also a canonical testbed for agentic language models, requiring multi-turn interaction under hidden…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-15 Erica Zhang , Fangzhao Zhang , Aneesh Pappu , Batu El , Jose Blanchet , Susan Athey , Jiashuo Liu , James Zou

For some problems, humans may not be able to accurately judge the goodness of AI-proposed solutions. Irving et al. (2018) propose that in such cases, we may use a debate between two AI systems to amplify the problem-solving capabilities of…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-03-17 Vojtěch Kovařík , Ryan Carey

Unconstructive debate and uncivil communication carry well-documented costs for productivity and cohesion, yet isolating their effect on operational efficiency has proven difficult. Human subject research in this domain is constrained by…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-05-13 Alison Moldovan-Mauer , Benedikt Mangold

Large Language Models (LLMs) achieve strong performance in analyzing and generating text, yet they struggle with explicit, transparent, and verifiable reasoning over complex texts such as those containing debates. In particular, they lack…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-03-04 Gianvincenzo Alfano , Sergio Greco , Lucio La Cava , Stefano Francesco Monea , Irina Trubitsyna

The large and ever-increasing amount of data available on the Internet coupled with the laborious task of manual claim and fact verification has sparked the interest in the development of automated claim verification systems. Several deep…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-02-12 Alphaeus Dmonte , Roland Oruche , Marcos Zampieri , Prasad Calyam , Isabelle Augenstein

LLM-based agents are rapidly being adopted for scientific data analysis, automating tasks once limited by human time and expertise. This capability is often framed as an acceleration of discovery, but it also accelerates a familiar failure…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-05-21 Dionizije Fa , Marko Culjak

Large language models (LLMs) have raised hopes for automated end-to-end fact-checking, but prior studies report mixed results. As mainstream chatbots increasingly ship with reasoning capabilities and web search tools -- and millions of…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-11-25 Matthew R. DeVerna , Kai-Cheng Yang , Harry Yaojun Yan , Filippo Menczer

State-of-the-art (SOTA) fact-checking systems combat misinformation by employing autonomous LLM-based agents to decompose complex claims into smaller sub-claims, verify each sub-claim individually, and aggregate the partial results to…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-11-18 Haorui He , Yupeng Li , Bin Benjamin Zhu , Dacheng Wen , Reynold Cheng , Francis C. M. Lau

Scalable oversight protocols aim to enable humans to accurately supervise superhuman AI. In this paper we study debate, where two AI's compete to convince a judge; consultancy, where a single AI tries to convince a judge that asks…

Multi-Agent Debate has emerged as a promising framework for improving the reasoning quality of large language models through iterative inter-agent communication. However, broadcasting all agent messages at every round introduces noise and…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-04-15 Manh Nguyen , Anh Nguyen , Dung Nguyen , Svetha Venkatesh , Hung Le

In today's age, it is becoming increasingly difficult to decipher truth from lies. Every day, politicians, media outlets, and public figures make conflicting claims -- often about topics that can, in principle, be verified against…

Databases · Computer Science 2026-01-07 Michael Theologitis , Dan Suciu

In an era where single large language models have dominated the landscape of artificial intelligence for years, multi-agent systems arise as new protagonists in conversational task-solving. While previous studies have showcased their…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-11-04 Jonas Becker