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Spectral perturbations reveal structured capabilities in Llama and Qwen models

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Researchers have developed a method using spectral smoothing and spiking perturbations to analyze the internal structure of large language models. By altering the singular-value spectra of transformer feed-forward projections, they observed changes in model capabilities such as factual knowledge, language understanding, and deductive reasoning. This technique, applied to open-source Llama and Qwen models, revealed that these perturbations can selectively suppress or enhance specific task performances, indicating a structured organization of capabilities within the models. AI

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Spectral perturbations reveal structured capabilities in Llama and Qwen models

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  1. arXiv cs.CL TIER_1 English(EN) · Qince Luan, Jianhui Xu, Yang Xu ·

    Spectral Smoothing and Spiking Perturbations Reconfigure Capability Profiles and Selective Task Performance in Large Language Models

    arXiv:2610.30676v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Singular-value spectra encode important structure in transformer feed-forward projections, yet their causal role in downstream behavior remains underexplored. We study post-hoc spectral smoothing and spiking interventions on the up_…

  2. Hugging Face Daily Papers TIER_1 English(EN) ·

    Spectral Smoothing and Spiking Perturbations Reconfigure Capability Profiles and Selective Task Performance in Large Language Models

    Singular-value spectra encode important structure in transformer feed-forward projections, yet their causal role in downstream behavior remains underexplored. We study post-hoc spectral smoothing and spiking interventions on the up_proj and down_proj matrices. Positive perturbati…

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