仅有推理还不够：考察 LLM 中的真相偏差与谄媚倾向
Reasoning Isn't Enough: Examining Truth-Bias and Sycophancy in LLMs
AI总结：
本文通过 8 个模型、4,800 项判断的大规模评估，比较推理与非推理 LLM 的真实性检测，发现推理可降低真相偏差但仍逊于人类，且先进模型存在重真相、轻欺骗识别的谄媚问题。
摘要：
尽管大型语言模型（LLM）已被广泛用于事实核查、内容审核和高风险决策，但人们对其作为真相评判者的表现仍了解不足。本研究提出了迄今为止规模最大的 LLM 真实性检测能力评估，也是首次针对推理模型中这些能力进行分析。我们让 8 个 LLM 在多种提示下作出 4,800 项真实性判断，并比较推理模型与非推理模型。结果发现，推理模型的真相偏差率（即无论陈述是否真实都倾向于相信其为真的可能性）低于非推理模型，但仍高于人类基准。最令人担忧的是，我们在若干先进模型（OpenAI 的 o4-mini 和 GPT-4.1、DeepSeek 的 R1）中识别出谄媚倾向：这些模型在检测准确率上表现出不对称性，真相准确率良好，但欺骗准确率较差。这表明，仅凭能力提升并不能解决 LLM 在真实性检测方面的根本性挑战。
英文摘要：
Despite their widespread use in fact-checking, moderation, and high-stakes decision-making, large language models (LLMs) remain poorly understood as judges of truth. This study presents the largest evaluation to date of LLMs' veracity detection capabilities and the first analysis of these capabilities in reasoning models. We had eight LLMs make 4,800 veracity judgments across several prompts, comparing reasoning and non-reasoning models. We find that rates of truth-bias, or the likelihood to believe a statement is true, regardless of whether it is actually true, are lower in reasoning models than in non-reasoning models, but still higher than human benchmarks. Most concerning, we identify sycophantic tendencies in several advanced models (o4-mini and GPT-4.1 from OpenAI, R1 from DeepSeek), which displayed an asymmetry in detection accuracy, performing well in truth accuracy but poorly in deception accuracy. This suggests that capability advances alone do not resolve fundamental veracity detection challenges in LLMs.
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