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ECLIPTICA framework enables runtime-controllable LLM alignment

Researchers have introduced ECLIPTICA, a novel framework that enables dynamic, instruction-driven alignment for large language models. Unlike traditional methods that freeze alignment after training, ECLIPTICA allows for runtime control over model behavior, such as stance, refusal boundaries, and verbosity, by interpreting natural language alignment instructions. This approach is facilitated by CITA (Contrastive Instruction-Tuned Alignment), which combines supervised fine-tuning with contrastive preference optimization, ensuring stable and traversable alignment regimes. In evaluations on Llama-3.1-8B, CITA demonstrated an 86.7% instruction-alignment efficiency on the ECLIPTICA benchmark, significantly outperforming methods like DPO, GRPO, and PPO. AI

IMPACT Enables more flexible and dynamic control over LLM behavior, potentially improving safety and adaptability in real-world applications.

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Kapil Wanaskar, Gaytri Jena, Vinija Jain, Aman Chadha, Amitava Das ·

    ECLIPTICA -- A Framework for Switchable LLM Alignment via CITA - Contrastive Instruction-Tuned Alignment

    arXiv:2601.06157v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Alignment in large language models (LLMs) is still largely static: after training, the policy is frozen. DPO, GRPO methods typically imprint one behavior into the weights, leaving little runtime control beyond prompt hacks…