Mind Your Prompt: How Tone Affects LLM Consistency and Safety
Abstract
Politeness affects performance–even in AI. When interacting with language models, the tone of a prompt can alter how much they explain, how positively they respond, and how helpful they seem. For reliability-focused teams, prompt phrasing is not cosmetic; it is a practical lever for consistency and clarity.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Artificial Intelligence Applications
Topic Modeling
Natural Language Processing Techniques
Publication details
- Journal / source
- IEEE reliability magazine
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 21–25
- Publication date
- 1 March 2026
- Language
- EN