AIBearisharXiv – CS AI · Mar 37/108
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The Synthetic Web: Adversarially-Curated Mini-Internets for Diagnosing Epistemic Weaknesses of Language Agents
Researchers introduced the Synthetic Web Benchmark, revealing that frontier AI language models fail catastrophically when exposed to high-plausibility misinformation in search results. The study shows current AI agents struggle to handle conflicting information sources, with accuracy collapsing despite access to truthful content.