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20232025
most citedPromptMTopic: Unsupervised Multimodal Topic Modeling of Memes using Large Language Models

24 citations · 30 across the 6 of their papers we have counts for

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6 papers

cs.CL2025

Beyond I'm Sorry, I Can't: Dissecting Large Language Model Refusal

Nirmalendu Prakash, Yeo Wei Jie, Amir Abdullah +3

Refusal on harmful prompts is a key safety behaviour in instruction-tuned large language models (LLMs), yet the internal causes of this behaviour remain poorly understood. We study…

cs.CL2025

Understanding Refusal in Language Models with Sparse Autoencoders

Wei Jie Yeo, Nirmalendu Prakash, Clement Neo +3

Refusal is a key safety behavior in aligned language models, yet the internal mechanisms driving refusals remain opaque. In this work, we conduct a mechanistic study of refusal in…

cs.CL2024★ 4 cited

Interpreting Bias in Large Language Models: A Feature-Based Approach

Nirmalendu Prakash, Lee Ka Wei Roy

Large Language Models (LLMs) such as Mistral and LLaMA have showcased remarkable performance across various natural language processing (NLP) tasks. Despite their success, these mo…

cs.CL2024

SGHateCheck: Functional Tests for Detecting Hate Speech in Low-Resource Languages of Singapore

Ri Chi Ng, Nirmalendu Prakash, Ming Shan Hee +2

To address the limitations of current hate speech detection models, we introduce \textsf{SGHateCheck}, a novel framework designed for the linguistic and cultural context of Singapo…

cs.CL2023★ 2 cited

MATK: The Meme Analytical Tool Kit

Ming Shan Hee, Aditi Kumaresan, Nguyen Khoi Hoang +3

The rise of social media platforms has brought about a new digital culture called memes. Memes, which combine visuals and text, can strongly influence public opinions on social and…

cs.CL2023★ 24 cited

PromptMTopic: Unsupervised Multimodal Topic Modeling of Memes using Large Language Models

Nirmalendu Prakash, Han Wang, Nguyen Khoi Hoang +2

The proliferation of social media has given rise to a new form of communication: memes. Memes are multimodal and often contain a combination of text and visual elements that convey…