Hate content detection through prompt engineering : A pioneering attempt
*Shillpi MishrraCorresponding authorshllpimishrra91@gmail.comDepartment of Computer Science and EngineeringCentral Institute of TechnologyKokrajhar, Assam, 100190, IndiaView full profile → , Anup Kumar Barmanak.barman@cit.ac.inDepartment of Computer Science and EngineeringCentral Institute of TechnologyKokrajhar, Assam, 100190, IndiaView full profile → , Apurbalal Senapatia.senapati@cit.ac.inDepartment of Computer Science and EngineeringCentral Institute of TechnologyKokrajhar, Assam, 100190, IndiaView full profile →
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- Received:
- 14 Aug 2024
- Published Online:
- 19 Feb 2025
- Article type:
- Research Article
- Language:
- EN
- Article no.:
- JIOS-1856
- Pages:
- 107–119
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