AIBearisharXiv – CS AI · 10h ago7/10
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Sparse Neuron Ablation Triggers Catastrophic Collapse of the Language Core in Large Vision-Language Models
Researchers identified critical vulnerabilities in Large Vision-Language Models by discovering that catastrophic system collapse can be triggered by ablating just 4-5,000 neurons—a minuscule fraction of model parameters. The study reveals that these vulnerabilities are concentrated in the language backbone rather than vision components, exposing structural dependencies that challenge assumptions about model robustness.