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OBLITERATUS releases refusal-ablated DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 model

A modified version of the DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 model, named OBLITERATUS/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017-obliterated, has been released on Hugging Face. This version was created by OBLITERATUS using the failspy method to ablate refusal directions from the original model. It is available under the MIT license and includes instructions for integration with popular libraries like Transformers, vLLM, and SGLang, as well as deployment via Docker. AI

IMPACT Provides a refusal-ablated model for researchers and developers to experiment with.

RANK_REASON Release of a modified open-source model with details on its ablation method and integration instructions. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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OBLITERATUS releases refusal-ablated DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 model

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