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Lighting the Dark Side of the Model: Psychometric Probing of Dark Triad Traits in LLMs

2026-06-05

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<h4>Background: </h4> Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly deployed in socially sensitive contexts, raising concerns about how their outputs reflect or reproduce socially aversive tendencies. Prior research has focused on socially desirable traits (e.g., the Big Five), while less attention has been given to the Dark Triad—Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy. <h4>Methods:</h4> This exploratory st...

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Literature Corpus work: 238149a8-5854-5eb2-aec0-f51c2cef0075
DOI: 10.20944/preprints202606.0430.v1

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