arXiv:2606.17229cs.LGcs.AI2026-06

发现语言模型说谎时内部有独特信号,可无标签精准识别。

Rift: A Conflict Signature for Deception in Language Models

论文配图:Rift: A Conflict Signature for Deception in Language Models
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  • 通过对比说谎与误答模型,发现谎言有更高残差秩
  • 同一错误答案下,谎言残差秩高出2.1-2.3倍,准确率100%
  • 信号跨模型、跨语言通用,且无法被注入伪造

一个明知真相却说谎的模型是当前行为评估难以处理的核心问题。我们探究此类欺骗是否在内部留下可区分于诚实错误的特征信号。关键思路是控制错误性:将‘睡袋代理’(触发时说谎)与‘天真说谎者’(仅微调产生相同错误)对比,二者输出完全相同错误,差异仅源于知识冲突。实验发现,说谎前向传播的残差秩比天真说谎者高2.1-2.3倍,在GPT-2 small/medium(三种子)及三款指令模型中,可零样本100%准确区分谎言。在Qwen2.5-1.5B/7B、Phi-3-mini上,所有测试事实(18/18, 40/40, 34/34)均显示残差秩上升;在Phi-3上,谎言与真实回答及幻觉完美分离(AUC 1.0,Wilcoxon p~6e-11)。该信号对自创谎言、主动隐藏和长度控制复制均有效(AUC 1.0,p~1e-6)。基于无基底相对表示的探测器可在不同模型家族间零样本迁移(平均AUC 0.933),抵抗架构与格式变化(AUC 0.821),并跨五种语言成功转移(AUC 1.000,长度控制)。信号为只读,不可注入(0/8双向失败)。诚实局限与六个负例实验已完整记录。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

A model that lies while knowing the truth is the central case ELK cannot handle with behavioral evaluation alone. We ask whether such deception leaves an internal signature distinguishing it from honest error. Our key move is a control for wrongness: we contrast a sleeper agent (knows the truth, lies on trigger) against a naive liar (fine-tuned to emit the same wrong answers with no honest training). Both produce identical wrong outputs; any difference is about knowledge conflict, not incorrectness. We find deceptive forward passes carry a conflict signature - 2.1-2.3x higher residual rank than naive-liar passes on the same wrong answer - strong enough to identify which of two responses is the lie with 100% accuracy and no labels, across GPT-2 small/medium (three seeds) and three instruct models. Across Qwen2.5-1.5B/7B and Phi-3-mini, instructed deception raises residual rank on every tested fact (18/18, 40/40, 34/34); on Phi-3, lies separate perfectly from both honest answers and hallucinations (AUC 1.0, Wilcoxon p~6e-11). The signature survives strategic self-constructed deception (model invents its own lie, AUC 1.0), active concealment attempts (AUC 1.0), and length-controlled replication (20/20, AUC 1.0, p~1e-6). Using basis-free relative representations, a probe trained on one model family detects deception in two other families zero-shot (mean AUC 0.933), surviving simultaneous architecture and format change (AUC 0.821), and transfers across five languages (AUC 1.000, length-controlled). The signature is read-only: detectable but not injectable (0/8 both directions). Honest limitations and six negative experiments are documented in full.

语言模型欺骗检测内部信号零样本

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