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arXiv paper examines midtraining stage as a way to control how LLM traits generalize
A new arXiv preprint explores whether midtraining, a stage between pretraining and post-training, can influence which behaviors a large language model carries forward. The authors propose a method called Inoculation Midtraining, which uses invented words to shape how desirable and undesirable properties generalize. The work is a research contribution and has not been peer reviewed.