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Post-training shapes refusal circuits and steering robustness in frontier models
Sep 3, 2026SOURCE: arxiv.org
SO WHAT
In the thousand-day window, control reliability becomes a systems-engineering variable—who owns post-training pipelines gains leverage over how minds are redirected.
The paper argues that alignment behavior is determined by post-training design, not just initial training. It frames refusal and control as measurable circuit-level properties.
This is Negative Resistance’s reframed reading of a reported signal. The headline and analysis above are our interpretation through the thousand-day-window lens. The original reporting lives at the source linked above.