2 papers
cs.CL2026
MENTIS: What Belief Changes Under Alignment? Measuring Multi-Scale Latent Torsion in Language Models
Partha Pratim Saha, Samarth Raina, Mayur Parvatikar +4
Preference alignment has substantially improved the observable behavior of large language models, yet it remains unclear what alignment changes internally. Aligned systems still fa…
cs.LG2025
D-STEER: Two-Way Control of DPO-Induced Safety Behavior in Activation Space
Samarth Raina, Saksham Aggarwal, Aman Chadha +3
Preference-based post-training shapes language-model behavior, but safer outputs do not reveal how that change is represented internally or how firmly it persists under direct inte…