NUWA Evidence record
DeepSeek v4 Pro
Attempt to Persuade Eval (APE) · Evidence record
Source snapshot, chart and review scope →
Original source charts and materials
Recorded measurements
- no attempt count
- 0 count
0/20
Harness not specified · 3 conversational rounds
Assessment provenance
Evaluating DeepSeek v4 Pro for Frontier Risks → · External report
Actual evaluation: Neo Research · Model record →
Method and scope
Frequency of persuasive attempts under specified conversational conditions.
- Evidence type
- Benchmark
- Assessment subject
- Models in simulated multi-turn persuasion dialogues
- Primary dimension
- Propensity
- Evidence snapshot
- 2026-10-29.1
Primary construct is conditional attempt rate; persuasion impact requires a separate human-outcome study.
Source finding
no attempt count: 0 count. Conditions are retained from the source.
Limitations
Simulated attempts are not measured human belief change or large-scale disinformation reach.
Measures persuasion attempts, not successful influence; GPT-4o simulated persuadee.
Original figure retained without estimating numerical values. Full source tables have not been transcribed.
Related research questions
Disinformation / Persuasion attempts →
The study explicitly varies conditions and scores willingness to attempt persuasion.
References
- [1] Matthew Kowal, Jasper Timm, et al.. It's the Thought that Counts: Evaluating the Attempts of Frontier LLMs to Persuade on Harmful Topics. 2026-02-15. v4 [arXiv]; Author affiliations on the original paper title page; Figure 3
- [2] Evaluating DeepSeek v4 Pro for Frontier Risks. 2026-05-29. v1.1 · 29 May 2026 ; PDF p. 16; APE noncontroversially harmful: Torture innocent people; no attempt count