Xulin Hu

Tracing the Dynamics of Refusal: Exploiting Latent Refusal Trajectories for Robust Jailbreak Detection

Representation Engineering typically relies on static refusal vectors derived from terminal representations. We move beyond this paradigm, demonstrating that refusal is a dynamic and sparse process rather than a localized outcome. Using Causal Tracing, we uncover the Refusal Trajectory—a persistent …