arXiv AI By Pengcheng Li, Jie Zhang, Tianwei Zhang, Han Qiu, Zhang kejun, Weiming Zhang, Nenghai Yu, Wenbo Zhou

State-Dependent Safety Failures in Multi-Turn Language Model Interaction

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arXiv:2603. 15684v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Safety alignment in large language models is typically evaluated under isolated queries, yet real-world use is inherently multi-turn.

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