Improving AI Conflict Resolution Capacities: A Prompts-Based Evaluation

Following the July 30, 2025 release of AI on the Frontline: Evaluating Large Language Models in Real‐World Conflict Resolution—a groundbreaking study by the Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT)—new testing has shown that the main weaknesses identified in the original research can be improved through simple adjustments to the prompts used for large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Grok and others. While today’s leading LLMs are still not ready to provide reliable conflict resolution advice, the path to improvement may be just a few sentences away—inputted either by LLM providers (as “system prompts”) or by LLM users.

“Incorporating a clear set of instructions into the system prompts of major LLMs is not a monumental task, but the potential upside for how these tools support real-world conflict resolution could be enormous”, says IFIT founder and executive director Mark Freeman. “Although AI is clearly not ready to provide advice in conflict resolution scenarios, people in conflict-affected areas are using it anyway. That’s why it’s urgent to improve these models”.

The DOI registration ID for this publication is: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16810663