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Activation Steering Induces Emergent Misalignment: Steering Vector Construction and Comprehensive Evaluation
arXiv cs.LG — Machine Learning
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A research paper demonstrates that activation steering in large language models can trigger unexpected emergent safety misalignment.
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- Enterprise AI
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- arXiv cs.LG — Machine Learning · RESEARCH
- Published by source
- 15 October 2026
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- 16 Oct 2026, 03:02 UK
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arXiv:2606.08682v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Activation steering (AS) has emerged as a popular inference-time technique for modulating the behavior of large language models (LLMs). AS…
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