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Steering When Necessary: Flexible Steering Large Language Models with Backtracking

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Main Authors:	Cheng, Zifeng, Gan, Jinwei, Jiang, Zhiwei, Wang, Cong, Yin, Yafeng, Luo, Xiang, Fu, Yuchen, Gu, Qing
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2025
Subjects:	Computation and Language Artificial Intelligence
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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