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Answering the Wrong Question: Reasoning Trace Inversion for Abstention in LLMs

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Main Authors:	Gourabathina, Abinitha, Padhi, Inkit, Nagireddy, Manish, Chaudhury, Subhajit, Sattigeri, Prasanna
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2026
Subjects:	Artificial Intelligence
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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