"As a Language Model": Chat Template Switches LLM Self-Referential Voice
This article discusses a research paper titled 'As a Language Model: Chat Template Switches LLM Self-Referential Voice and Activation Steering Reproduces It'. It explores how chat templates influence the self-referential behavior and voice of large language models.
Why it matters
Understanding how LLMs adopt personas and self-referential language is critical for AI safety, alignment, and user interaction design.
Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite Submission history From: Jędrzej Maczan [ view email ] [v1] Sun, 9 Aug 2026 18:38:58 UTC (139 KB) Full-text links: Access Paper: View a PDF of the paper titled "As a Language Model...": Chat Template Switches LLM Self-Referential Voice and Activation Steering Reproduces It, by J\k{e}drzej Maczan View PDF HTML (experimental) TeX Source view license Current browse context: cs.LG < prev | next > new | recent | 2026-09 Change to browse by: cs cs.AI cs.CL References & Citations NASA ADS Google Scholar Semantic Scholar export BibTeX citation Loading... BibTeX formatted citation loading... Data provided by: Bookmark Bibliographic Tools Bibliographic and Citation Tools Bibliographic Explorer Toggle Bibliographic Explorer ( What is the Explorer? ) Connected Papers Toggle Connected Papers ( What is Connected Papers? ) Litmaps Toggle Litmaps ( What is Litmaps?
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