AIBullisharXiv – CS AI · Mar 57/10
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Discern Truth from Falsehood: Reducing Over-Refusal via Contrastive Refinement
Researchers introduce DCR (Discernment via Contrastive Refinement), a new method to reduce over-refusal in safety-aligned large language models. The approach helps LLMs better distinguish between genuinely toxic and seemingly toxic prompts, maintaining safety while improving helpfulness without degrading general capabilities.