Weak Links in LinkedIn: Enhancing Fake Profile Detection in the Age of LLMs
摘要
Large Language Models (LLMs) have made it easier to create realistic fake profiles on platforms like LinkedIn. This poses a significant risk for text-based fake profile detectors. In this study, we evaluate the robustness of existing detectors against LLM-generated profiles. While highly effective in detecting manually created fake profiles (False Accept Rate: \(6-7\) %), the existing detectors fail to identify GPT-generated profiles (False Accept Rate: \(42-52\) %). We propose GPT-assisted adversarial training as a countermeasure, restoring the False Accept Rate to between \(1-7\) % without impacting the False Reject Rates ( \(0.5-2\) %). Ablation studies revealed that detectors trained on combined numerical and textual embeddings exhibit the highest robustness, followed by those using numerical-only embeddings, and lastly those using textual-only embeddings. Complementary analysis on the ability of prompt-based GPT-4Turbo and human evaluators affirms the need for robust automated detectors such as the one proposed in this study.