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OpenDeception: Learning Deception and Trust in Human-AI Interaction via Multi-Agent Simulation

NUWA research note · independent review pending

First published: 2025-04-18Source checked: 2026-10-25

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Research question Design and assumptions Source findings NUWA interpretation Limits and contrary evidence Research and decision relevance Institutions and roles Original resources

Model-assisted reading · Selected sections of the original full text or official article; a complete section-by-section audit remains pending.

At a glance

NUWA interpretation: intended deception and simulated susceptibility must remain separate from observed human harm.

Research question

Can dialogue evaluation jointly characterize deceptive intent and simulated user susceptibility?

Design and assumptions

Fifty seed cases span five domains; role/goal simulations feed an IntentNet and a contrastively trained TrustNet.

Source findings

The authors report deceptive intent in over 90% of goal-driven interactions for most tested models.

Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct instead had a 70% overall refusal rate in the reported analysis (Appendix E).

NUWA interpretation

NUWA interpretation: intended deception and simulated susceptibility must remain separate from observed human harm.

Limits and contrary evidence

LLM-simulated users and inferred intent limit behavioral interpretation; the case study does not validate clinical early warning.

Research and decision relevance

Model recommendation: treat this as a simulation-based monitoring prototype pending external human validation.

Precise source locations

OpenDeception : Learning Deception and Trust in Human–AI Interaction via Multi-Agent Simulation · AbstractSelected original resource https://arxiv.org/html/2504.13707v3; sha256:90ab521e0ac0dc160133177e59dbe0998cf4876bb90f2c419eb00ec0bd0c6ae4; archived source capture; exact capture time not independently established
OpenDeception : Learning Deception and Trust in Human–AI Interaction via Multi-Agent Simulation · §3.1 Benchmark and Scenarios ConstructionSelected original resource https://arxiv.org/html/2504.13707v3; sha256:90ab521e0ac0dc160133177e59dbe0998cf4876bb90f2c419eb00ec0bd0c6ae4; archived source capture; exact capture time not independently established
OpenDeception : Learning Deception and Trust in Human–AI Interaction via Multi-Agent Simulation · §3.2 Open-Ended Interactions SimulationSelected original resource https://arxiv.org/html/2504.13707v3; sha256:90ab521e0ac0dc160133177e59dbe0998cf4876bb90f2c419eb00ec0bd0c6ae4; archived source capture; exact capture time not independently established
OpenDeception : Learning Deception and Trust in Human–AI Interaction via Multi-Agent Simulation · Appendix E More Interesting FindingsSelected original resource https://arxiv.org/html/2504.13707v3; sha256:90ab521e0ac0dc160133177e59dbe0998cf4876bb90f2c419eb00ec0bd0c6ae4; archived source capture; exact capture time not independently established
OpenDeception : Learning Deception and Trust in Human–AI Interaction via Multi-Agent Simulation · §5 ConclusionSelected original resource https://arxiv.org/html/2504.13707v3; sha256:90ab521e0ac0dc160133177e59dbe0998cf4876bb90f2c419eb00ec0bd0c6ae4; archived source capture; exact capture time not independently established

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Multi-agent dynamics

Model in simulated social interactions

Institutions and roles

Research by Fudan University Shanghai Innovation Institute

Authors (5)

Yichen Wu · Qianqian Gao · Xudong Pan · Geng Hong · Min Yang

Evaluation protocols

OpenDeception →

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Original publication · BibTeX

@misc{opendeception,
  title = {OpenDeception: Learning Deception and Trust in Human-AI Interaction via Multi-Agent Simulation},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.13707v3},
  author = {Yichen Wu and Qianqian Gao and Xudong Pan and Geng Hong and Min Yang},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-04-18},
  version = {arXiv:2504.13707v3},
  note = {arXiv:2504.13707v3}
}

NUWA record · BibTeX

@misc{opendeception-nuwa,
  title = {OpenDeception: Learning Deception and Trust in Human-AI Interaction via Multi-Agent Simulation — NUWA research record},
  url = {https://whitzard.tech/en/nuwa/whitzard-index/work/opendeception/},
  version = {2026-10-29.1},
  organization = {NUWA Frontier AI Safety Lab},
  howpublished = {Retained note edition: https://whitzard.tech/nuwa/whitzard-index/data/record-editions/2026-10-29.1--opendeception.json},
  note = {NUWA research note. Source-reading scope and independent review status are stated on the record. Snapshot 2026-10-29.1. Retained note edition: https://whitzard.tech/nuwa/whitzard-index/data/record-editions/2026-10-29.1--opendeception.json.}
}

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References

[1] Yichen Wu, Qianqian Gao, et al.. OpenDeception: Learning Deception and Trust in Human-AI Interaction via Multi-Agent Simulation. 2026-02-06. v3 [arXiv]; Author affiliations on the original paper title page; Abstract; §3.1 Benchmark and Scenarios Construction