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Beyond the Assistant Turn: User Turn Generation as a Probe of Interaction Awareness in Language Models research paper by Salesforce, 2026

Salesforce · Apr 3, 2026 · Foundation models · 5 upvotes 5 months ago

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User-turn generation serves as a probe to measure interaction awareness in large language models, revealing that this capability is distinct from task accuracy and can be influenced by training methods.

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Sarath Shekkizhar, Romain Cosentino, Adam Earle
arXiv
2604.02315 · PDF
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