3 papers
cs.CR2026
Hidden in Thought: Transferable Chain-of-Thought Artifacts Induce Harmful Behavior
Ali khalil, Aly M. Kassem, Mohamed Abdelrazek +3
We investigate whether harmful chain-of-thought (CoT) traces from compromised language models can transfer unsafe behaviour and be distilled into reusable jailbreak attacks. Using…
cs.CL2026
The Unintended Trade-off of AI Alignment:Balancing Hallucination Mitigation and Safety in LLMs
Omar Mahmoud, Ali Khalil, Buddhika Laknath Semage +2
Hallucination in large language models (LLMs) has been widely studied in recent years, with progress in both detection and mitigation aimed at improving truthfulness. Yet, a critic…
cs.DC2025
Viability and Performance of a Private LLM Server for SMBs: A Benchmark Analysis of Qwen3-30B on Consumer-Grade Hardware
Alex Khalil, Guillaume Heilles, Maria Parraga +1
The proliferation of Large Language Models (LLMs) has been accompanied by a reliance on cloud-based, proprietary systems, raising significant concerns regarding data privacy, opera…