Excited to share this. I recently chatted with @twimlai podcast about my work on exposing vulnerabilities of explanation methods & how these methods may mislead end-users into trusting biased models. Thank you so much for the amazing chat, @samcharrington! #trustworthyml
The work discussed in this podcast was done in collaboration with some amazing students and researchers: Osbert Bastani, @dylanslack20, Sophie, @emilycjia @sameer_
@harvard_data @HarvardHBS please see above

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As we increasingly rely on #LLMs for product recommendations and searches, can companies game these models to enhance the visibility of their products?

Our latest work provides answers to this question & demonstrates that LLMs can be manipulated to boost product visibility!

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