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Linear Personality Probing and Steering in LLMs: A Big Five Study

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Main Authors:	Frising, Michel, Balcells, Daniel
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2025
Subjects:	Computation and Language
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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