2026
Obfuscated Activations Bypass LLM Latent-Space Defenses
ICLR 2026poster
_Latent-space_ monitoring techniques have shown promise as defenses against LLM attacks. These defenses act as scanners to detect harmful activations before they lead to undesirable actions. This prompts the question: can models execute harmful behavior _via inconspicuous latent states_? Here, we st…