Checked fact 283926 Oct 2026Safety and security

The abstract says: "Conversational large language models are fine-tuned for both instruction-following and safety, resulting in models that obey benign requests but refuse harmful ones."

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Abstract: "Conversational large language models are fine-tuned for both instruction-following and safety, resulting in models that obey benign requests but refuse harmful ones."

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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 abstract says: "Conversational large language models are fine-tuned for both instruction-following and safety, resulting in models that obey benign requests but refuse harmful ones.".” 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/2839

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ai notis. (2026, October 26). The abstract says: "Conversational large language models are fine-tuned for both instruction-following and safety, resulting in models that obey benign requests but refuse harmful ones." [Checked claim 2839]. ai notis. https://ainotis.com/c/2839

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