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Forecasting Side Effects of Activation Steering
Researchers propose a method to forecast unintended behavioral side effects of activation steering in language models before deployment, using a cross-effect matrix across 67 behaviors and three open-weight models.
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arXiv Artificial Intelligence
Aug 13, 2026
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Controlling Tool Use with Heading-Specific Activation Steering
Researchers propose a method to steer tool-augmented LLMs toward more selective tool invocation using heading-anchored steering vectors, demonstrating causal suppression across five open-source models—but find the underlying geometry is irregular and inconsistent with linear encoding assumptions.
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arXiv Artificial Intelligence
Jul 9, 2026