arXiv AI By Anjun Gao, Yueyang Quan, Zhuqing Liu, Minghong Fang

Beware What You Autocomplete: Forensic Attribution of Backdoored Code Completions

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arXiv:2607. 08011v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Large language models have enabled powerful code completion systems that assist developers by predicting subsequent lines of code.

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