LLMs Are Not a Silver Bullet: A Case Study on Software Fairness

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Main Authors:	Li, Xinyue, Li, Sixuan, Xiao, Ying, Zhang, Jie M., Yang, Zhou, Liu, Xuanzhe, Chen, Zhenpeng
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2026
Subjects:	Software Engineering
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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