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The 'Sure' Trap: Multi-Scale Poisoning Analysis of Stealthy Compliance-Only Backdoors in Fine-Tuned Large Language Models

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Main Authors:	Tan, Yuting, Huang, Yi, Li, Zhuo
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2025
Subjects:	Machine Learning Cryptography and Security
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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