2 papers
cs.CL2026
Safety Cost of Steering Vectors Is Separable and Reducible
Yuxiao Li, Gjergji Kasneci
Steering vectors are a lightweight tool for controlling LLM behavior. However, emerging evidence shows that steering vectors can unintentionally compromise a model's safety mechani…
cs.CR2026
Analysing the Safety Pitfalls of Steering Vectors
Yuxiao Li, Alina Fastowski, Efstratios Zaradoukas +2
Activation steering has emerged as a powerful tool to shape LLM behavior without the need for weight updates. While its inherent brittleness and unreliability are well-documented,…