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A Single Neuron Is Sufficient to Bypass Safety Alignment in Large Language Models

苹果研究:单个神经元即可绕过大型语言模型的安全对齐

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A Single Neuron Is Sufficient to Bypass Safety Alignment in Large Language Models

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Safety alignment in language models operates through two mechanistically distinct systems: refusal neurons that gate whether harmful…

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