Summary of Advprefix: An Objective For Nuanced Llm Jailbreaks, by Sicheng Zhu et al.
AdvPrefix: An Objective for Nuanced LLM Jailbreaks
by Sicheng Zhu, Brandon Amos, Yuandong Tian, Chuan Guo, Ivan Evtimov
First submitted to arxiv on: 13 Dec 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Computation and Language (cs.CL); Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The proposed AdvPrefix objective aims to improve large language model (LLM) responses by introducing more nuanced control over model behavior while simplifying optimization. By leveraging model-dependent prefixes and automatically selecting them based on attack success rates and negative log-likelihood, AdvPrefix can integrate seamlessly into existing jailbreak attacks, enhancing their performance without requiring significant changes. This medium-difficulty summary highlights the limitations of current prefix-forcing objectives and explains how AdvPrefix addresses these issues. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper is about finding a better way to trick large language models (LLMs) into giving specific answers. Currently, some methods work by making the model start its response with certain words or phrases. However, this approach has two problems: it can’t always control what the model says, and it’s hard to get the model to say exactly what you want. To fix these issues, researchers developed a new method called AdvPrefix that lets them have more control over the model’s responses while making it easier to optimize. This new method is useful for creating attacks on LLMs that can be used in different scenarios. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Large language model » Log likelihood » Optimization
