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The rapid expansion of space activities has led to an unprecedented accumulation of technical documentation, operational guidelines, and scientific literature, creating challenges for timely decision-making in space operations. Effective…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2026-05-28 Ruben Belo , Marta Guimarães , Cláudia Soares

We have witnessed lately a rapid proliferation of advanced Large Language Models (LLMs) capable of generating high-quality text. While these LLMs have revolutionized text generation across various domains, they also pose significant risks…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-03-05 Tharindu Kumarage , Garima Agrawal , Paras Sheth , Raha Moraffah , Aman Chadha , Joshua Garland , Huan Liu

Large Language Models (LLMs) have demonstrated remarkable capabilities in generating coherent text but remain limited by the static nature of their training data. Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) addresses this issue by combining LLMs…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-10-21 Cody Clop , Yannick Teglia

The growing availability of large language models (LLMs) has raised questions about their role in academic peer review. This study examines the temporal emergence of AI-generated content in peer reviews by applying a detection model trained…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-03-24 Siyuan Shen , Kai Wang

The potentials of Generative-AI technologies like Large Language models (LLMs) to revolutionize education are undermined by ethical considerations around their misuse which worsens the problem of academic dishonesty. LLMs like GPT-4 and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-07-11 Suriya Prakash Jambunathan , Ashwath Shankarnarayan , Parijat Dube

The growing accessibility of Large Language Models via conversational interfaces capable of responding to users' questions by drawing on, synthesizing, and citing information from the web (i.e., Generative Search Engines) has simplified the…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2026-05-25 Mowafak Allaham , Nicholas Diakopoulos

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems enhance response credibility and traceability by displaying reference contexts, but this transparency simultaneously introduces a novel black-box attack vector. Existing document poisoning…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-01-27 Runqi Sui

The adoption of Large Language Models (LLMs) in scientific writing promises efficiency but risks introducing informational entropy. While "hallucinated papers" are a known artifact, the systematic degradation of valid citation chains…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2026-01-27 H. Kemal İlter

The emergence of large language models (LLMs) has revolutionized machine learning and related fields, showcasing remarkable abilities in comprehending, generating, and manipulating human language. However, their conventional usage through…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-04-18 Andrea Bacciu , Florin Cuconasu , Federico Siciliano , Fabrizio Silvestri , Nicola Tonellotto , Giovanni Trappolini

The convergence of artificial intelligence (AI) and synthetic biology is rapidly accelerating the pace of biological discovery and engineering. AI techniques, such as large language models and biological design tools, are enabling the…

Other Quantitative Biology · Quantitative Biology 2024-05-01 Cindy Vindman , Benjamin Trump , Christopher Cummings , Madison Smith , Alexander J. Titus , Ken Oye , Valentina Prado , Eyup Turmus , Igor Linkov

Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) enhances large language models (LLMs) by integrating external knowledge retrieved at inference time. While RAG demonstrates strong performance on benchmarks largely derived from general-domain corpora…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-07-29 Ran Xu , Yuchen Zhuang , Yue Yu , Haoyu Wang , Wenqi Shi , Carl Yang

We investigate the impact of hallucinations and Cognitive Forcing Functions in human-AI collaborative content-grounded data generation, focusing on the use of Large Language Models (LLMs) to assist in generating high quality conversational…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-04-23 Zahra Ashktorab , Qian Pan , Werner Geyer , Michael Desmond , Marina Danilevsky , James M. Johnson , Casey Dugan , Michelle Bachman

Large language models (LLMs) increasingly rely on retrieving information from external corpora. This creates a new attack surface: indirect prompt injection (IPI), where hidden instructions are planted in the corpora and hijack model…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-01-13 Hongyan Chang , Ergute Bao , Xinjian Luo , Ting Yu

Autonomous browsing agents powered by large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used to automate web-based tasks. However, their reliance on dynamic content, tool execution, and user-provided data exposes them to a broad attack surface.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-05-20 Mykyta Mudryi , Markiyan Chaklosh , Grzegorz Wójcik

As large language models are increasingly responsible for online content, concerns arise about the impact of repeatedly processing their own outputs. Inspired by the "broken telephone" effect in chained human communication, this study…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-09-16 Amr Mohamed , Mingmeng Geng , Michalis Vazirgiannis , Guokan Shang

As one of the most advanced techniques in AI, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) can offer reliable and up-to-date external knowledge, providing huge convenience for numerous tasks. Particularly in the era of AI-Generated Content (AIGC),…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-06-18 Wenqi Fan , Yujuan Ding , Liangbo Ning , Shijie Wang , Hengyun Li , Dawei Yin , Tat-Seng Chua , Qing Li

Large Language Models (LLMs) have been augmented with web search to overcome the limitations of the static knowledge boundary by accessing up-to-date information from the open Internet. While this integration enhances model capability, it…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-04-20 Haoran Ou , Kangjie Chen , Xingshuo Han , Gelei Deng , Jie Zhang , Han Qiu , Tianwei Zhang

Retrieval-augmented language models (RALMs) hold promise to produce language understanding systems that are are factual, efficient, and up-to-date. An important desideratum of RALMs, is that retrieved information helps model performance…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-05-07 Ori Yoran , Tomer Wolfson , Ori Ram , Jonathan Berant

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) has recently emerged as a method to extend beyond the pre-trained knowledge of Large Language Models by augmenting the original prompt with relevant passages or documents retrieved by an Information…

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems based on Large Language Models (LLMs) have become essential for tasks such as question answering and content generation. However, their increasing impact on public opinion and information…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-12-30 Yuyang Gong , Zhuo Chen , Jiawei Liu , Miaokun Chen , Fengchang Yu , Wei Lu , Xiaofeng Wang , Xiaozhong Liu