{"ID":2884140,"CreatedAt":"2026-06-01T04:54:23.091178241Z","UpdatedAt":"2026-06-01T04:54:23.091178241Z","DeletedAt":null,"paper_url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.07321","arxiv_id":"2508.07321","title":"ObfusQAte: A Proposed Framework to Evaluate LLM Robustness on Obfuscated Factual Question Answering","abstract":"The rapid proliferation of Large Language Models (LLMs) has significantly contributed to the development of equitable AI systems capable of factual question-answering (QA). However, no known study tests the LLMs' robustness when presented with obfuscated versions of questions. To systematically evaluate these limitations, we propose a novel technique, ObfusQAte, and leveraging the same, introduce ObfusQA, a comprehensive, first-of-its-kind framework with multi-tiered obfuscation levels designed to examine LLM capabilities across three distinct dimensions: (i) Named-Entity Indirection, (ii) Distractor Indirection, and (iii) Contextual Overload. By capturing these fine-grained distinctions in language, ObfusQA provides a comprehensive benchmark for evaluating LLM robustness and adaptability. Our study observes that LLMs exhibit a tendency to fail or generate hallucinated responses when confronted with these increasingly nuanced variations. To foster research in this direction, we make ObfusQAte publicly available.","short_abstract":"The rapid proliferation of Large Language Models (LLMs) has significantly contributed to the development of equitable AI systems capable of factual question-answering (QA). However, no known study tests the LLMs' robustness when presented with obfuscated versions of questions. To systematically evaluate these limitatio...","url_abs":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.07321","url_pdf":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.07321v2","authors":"[\"Shubhra Ghosh\",\"Abhilekh Borah\",\"Aditya Kumar Guru\",\"Kripabandhu Ghosh\"]","published":"2025-08-10T12:27:52Z","proceeding":"cs.CL","tasks":"[\"cs.CL\",\"cs.AI\",\"cs.LG\"]","methods":"[\"Large Language Model\",\"Language Model\"]","has_code":false}