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Research probes emotion geometry in Google's Gemma 2 LLMs

A new research paper explores the geometric representation of emotions within large language models, specifically examining Google's Gemma 2 family. The study found that all six Gemma 2 models analyzed, across various scales and instruction tuning, maintain a consistent core emotion geometry. As model scale increases, the variance of this geometry spreads across more directions without weakening its connection to valence, while instruction tuning appears to have minimal impact on most measured aspects. AI

IMPACT This research offers insights into how LLMs represent complex human emotions, potentially informing future model development and evaluation.

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Research probes emotion geometry in Google's Gemma 2 LLMs

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  1. arXiv cs.CL TIER_1 English(EN) · Adam Hollowell ·

    The Geometry of Emotion Representations Across Scale, Depth, and Instruction Tuning

    arXiv:2610.35411v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We measure the emotion geometry of six LLMs spanning Google's Gemma 2 family. Using an extraction pipeline established by Sofroniew et al. (2026) on Claude Sonnet 4.5 and replicated by Hollowell (2026) on Gemma 2 27B base, we compar…