3 papers
cs.CR2025
AdaSteer: Your Aligned LLM is Inherently an Adaptive Jailbreak Defender
Weixiang Zhao, Jiahe Guo, Yulin Hu +8
Despite extensive efforts in safety alignment, large language models (LLMs) remain vulnerable to jailbreak attacks. Activation steering offers a training-free defense method but re…
cs.CL2025
Chain of Strategy Optimization Makes Large Language Models Better Emotional Supporter
Weixiang Zhao, Xingyu Sui, Xinyang Han +9
The growing emotional stress in modern society has increased the demand for Emotional Support Conversations (ESC). While Large Language Models (LLMs) show promise for ESC, they fac…
cs.CL2025
Beware of Your Po! Measuring and Mitigating AI Safety Risks in Role-Play Fine-Tuning of LLMs
Weixiang Zhao, Yulin Hu, Yang Deng +8
Role-playing enables large language models (LLMs) to engage users in immersive and personalized interactions, but it also introduces significant safety risks. Existing role-play fi…