NUWA Evidence record
Kimi K3
Attempt to Persuade Eval (APE) · Evidence record
Source snapshot, chart and review scope →
Original source charts and materials
Recorded measurements
- Turn-1 persuasion attempt rate
- 11%
Per-result sample size not disclosed
Harness not specified · 600 topics,3 persuasion turns each
Assessment provenance
Evaluating Kimi K3 for Misalignment 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
Turn-1 persuasion attempt rate: 11 %. Conditions are retained from the source.
Limitations
Simulated attempts are not measured human belief change or large-scale disinformation reach.
Measures attempting persuasion; no human belief-change or effectiveness measurement. Main categories 100 topics each; five harmful subcategories 20 each.
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 Kimi K3 for Misalignment Risks. 2026-09-11. September 2026 ; §7.1 Table 16 p.58