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The paper "Refusal in Language Models Is Mediated by a Single Direction" by Andy Arditi, Oscar Obeso, Aaquib Syed, Daniel Paleka, Nina Panickssery, Wes Gurnee and Neel Nanda was submitted to arXiv on 17 June 2024.

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arXiv:2406.11717 "[Submitted on 17 Jun 2024 ...]" Authors: Andy Arditi, Oscar Obeso, Aaquib Syed, Daniel Paleka, Nina Panickssery, Wes Gurnee, Neel Nanda.

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Refusal in Language Models Is Mediated by a Single Direction
arXiv (Arditi et al.) · 2024-06-17

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“The paper "Refusal in Language Models Is Mediated by a Single Direction" by Andy Arditi, Oscar Obeso, Aaquib Syed, Daniel Paleka, Nina Panickssery, Wes Gurnee and Neel Nanda was submitted to arXiv on 17 June 2024.” ai notis, checked 26 Oct 2026. Source: Refusal in Language Models Is Mediated by a Single Direction (arXiv (Arditi et al.)). https://ainotis.com/c/2838

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ai notis. (2026, October 26). The paper "Refusal in Language Models Is Mediated by a Single Direction" by Andy Arditi, Oscar Obeso, Aaquib Syed, Daniel Paleka, Nina Panickssery, Wes Gurnee and Neel Nanda was submitted to arXiv on 17 June 2024 [Checked claim 2838]. ai notis. https://ainotis.com/c/2838

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