Capability-Gated Language Models: Security Composes, Utility Does Not
Research shows that LLM safeguard mechanisms (fine-tuning, filtering, unlearning) compose well for security but degrade utility when layered, challenging enterprises to balance restrictiveness against usability in tiered deployments.
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arXiv:2609.00445v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Deployed language model safeguards (safety fine-tuning, filtering, unlearning) vary by principal only outside the model weights: filters are reconfigured, tiers are multiplied, and artefacts are reissued; inside one set of weights every request meets the same model configuration. This motivates us to define capability-gated deployment: per-principal access control inside one set of weights, whose configurations form a lattice - meets accumulat
Editorial Analysis
Enterprises deploying LLMs with differentiated access tiers need to understand that stacking safety controls compounds utility loss while security gains remain additive.
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