USAGE AREAS AND POTENTIAL RISKS OF ADOPTING LLM TOOLS IN SOFTWARE PROJECTS

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2024-1-30

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Çobanoğlu, İpek

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There is widespread use of Large Language Models (LLM) in various industries. However, the legal and ethical issues and risks of using LLM in projects are unclear. This study investigates the usage areas of LLM in software development projects, and the legal/ethical concerns and risks regarding the use of LLM. The aim of the study is to determine the usage areas of LLM and increase awareness on the legal/ethical issues and risks regarding the use of LLM in software projects. A survey was conducted with 60 participants and the results were analyzed. The results indicated that legal/ethical concerns related to informational privacy and group privacy, as well as bias, are the most widely recognized categories among participants. In contrast, concerns under the ethical auditing category—primarily related to regulations and standards governing the use of LLM tools—exhibited the lowest level of awareness among professionals. Regarding risks, the findings demonstrated a high level of awareness about the insufficiency of LLM-generated outputs for direct use, emphasizing the need for expert review and validation. Additionally, participants recognized the risk that LLM-generated outputs may run without errors but still produce incorrect results, further highlighting the necessity for thorough evaluation before deployment.

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LLM, LLM usage, legal/ethical issues, risks, software development, software project

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/113415

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Graduate School of Informatics, Term Project