Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used across diverse tasks in K-12 education, yet existing safety evaluations rarely examine how harmful or inappropriate content appears in interactions between LLMs and students or teachers. To address this, we present EduZone, an evaluation framework for LLM safety across diverse educational scenarios.
arXiv:2606. 29685v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: How can we evaluate whether frontier AI systems recognize child-safety risks before they escalate into explicit harm?
By Kaavya Krishna-Kumar, Elaine Lau, Vaughn Robinson, Jay Caldwell, Sheriff Issaka, Skyler Wang, Francisco Guzm\'an, Steven Kelling, Jonas Mueller
arXiv:2606. 02423v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) can serve as helpful assistants, yet they can equally function as harm amplifiers that enable malicious users to achieve harmful outcomes beyond their capabilities through extended interactions.
By Ruohao Guo, Wei Xu, Alan Ritter
How can we evaluate whether frontier AI systems recognize child-safety risks before they escalate into explicit harm? Existing child safety evaluations focus on child sexual abuse material, yet many child-safety failures begin earlier: in model assistance that helps adults manipulate, impersonate, profile, or isolate minors, and in model responses that deepen children's emotional dependence on AI systems rather than redirecting them toward human support.
arXiv:2607. 22692v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used for emotional support despite lacking mechanisms to safely govern evolving mental health risk.
By Anabela C. Areias, Catarina Botelho, Ant\'onio Farinhas, Areti Vassilopoulos, Dora Janela, Xin Tong, Nuno M. Guerreiro, Maya D'Eon, Fab\'iola Costa, Ricardo Rei
arXiv:2606. 02444v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Recent evidence shows that people with eating disorders (EDs) are increasingly seeking guidance, advice, and emotional support from Large Language Model (LLM)-based chat systems.
By Giulia Pucci, Emily Hemendinger, Ruizhe Li, Gavin Abercrombie, Tanvi Dinkar, Arabella Sinclair
arXiv:2608. 14577v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Frontier large language models (LLMs) safety evaluation has largely treated harmful generation as an attack outcome rather than as an object of analysis.
By Zhouyuan Ma, Yutao Wu, Hanxun Huang, Xiang Zheng, Xiao Liu, Yixin Cao, Zuxuan Wu, Xingjun Ma, Yu-Gang Jiang
arXiv:2606. 04867v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: As AI companion platforms such as Replika and Character.
By Yanjing Ren, Reza Ebrahimi, TengTeng Ma
arXiv:2608. 07535v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Multi-modal large language models (MLLMs) integrate heterogeneous modalities through modality alignment and fusion, enabling stronger understanding and reasoning.
By Xi Li, Shu Zhao, Xiaohan Zou, Fei Zhao, Fuxiao Liu, Yusen Zhang, Cheng Han, Yushun Dong, Jiaqi Wang
arXiv:2607. 07918v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Current safety methods for large language models are known to be vulnerable to adversarial attacks, motivating research into robust alternatives.
By Mohamed Amine Merzouk, Nolan Smyth, Damiano Fornasiere, Linh Le, David Williams-King, Adam Oberman
arXiv:2509. 05367v5 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Large Language Model safety alignment predominantly operates on a binary assumption that requests are either safe or unsafe.
By Shei Pern Chua, Zhen Leng Thai, Kai Jun Teh, Xiao Li, Qibing Ren, Xiaolin Hu
arXiv:2606. 07237v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly used in healthcare for tasks such as clinical question answering, diagnosis support, and report summarization.
By Mahdi Alkaeed