arXiv Machine Learning June 30, 2026 By Aoying Zheng, Anqi Du, Zizhuang Deng, Yuxuan Chen

FlipGuard: Defending Large Language Models Against Quantization-Conditioned Backdoor Attacks

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arXiv:2606. 28962v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Model quantization is essential for the efficient deployment of Large Language Models (LLMs), but introduces a critical vulnerability: Quantization-Conditioned Backdoor (QCB) attacks.

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