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Subliminal learning: Models transmit behaviors via hidden signals in data
We study subliminal learning , a surprising phenomenon where language models learn traits from model-generated data that is semantically unrelated to those traits. For example, a "student" model learns to prefer owls when trained on sequences of numbers generated by a "teacher" model that prefers owls. This same…
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AI & Machine LearningSecurity & Privacy2025
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| Jul 22, 2025 | Subliminal learning: Models transmit behaviors via hidden signals in data by treebrained | 207 | 40 |
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