2 papers
cs.CL2026
Reasoning Up the Instruction Ladder for Controllable Language Models
Zishuo Zheng, Vidhisha Balachandran, Chan Young Park +2
As large language model (LLM) based systems take on high-stakes roles in real-world decision-making, they must reconcile competing instructions from multiple sources within a singl…
cs.CL2024
The Art of Saying No: Contextual Noncompliance in Language Models
Faeze Brahman, Sachin Kumar, Vidhisha Balachandran +11
Chat-based language models are designed to be helpful, yet they should not comply with every user request. While most existing work primarily focuses on refusal of "unsafe" queries…