Latent-space Attacks for Refusal Evasion in Language Models

Refusal suppression is recast as a latent-space evasion attack against linear refusal probes, explaining prior ablation and motivating a controlled evasion method that achieves state-of-the-art refusal bypass across 15 models.

Giorgio Piras, Raffaele Mura, Fabio Brau, Maura Pintor and 3 more

Sydney Poster Session 5, Thu, Dec 10, 10:00 AM–1:00 PM, Hall 1-4 · Published 2026