[2507.21509] Persona Vectors: Monitoring and Controlling Character Traits in Language Models
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[2507.21509] Persona Vectors: Monitoring and Controlling Character Traits in Language Models Skip to main content arXiv is now an independent nonprofit! Learn more × Search arXiv Press Enter to search · Advanced search --> Computer Science > Computation and Language arXiv:2507.21509 (cs) [Submitted on 29 Jul 2025 ( v1 ), last revised 5 Sep 2025 (this version, v3)] Title: Persona Vectors: Monitoring and Controlling Character Traits in Language Models Authors: Runjin Chen , Andy Arditi , Henry Sleight , Owain Evans , Jack Lindsey View a PDF of the paper titled Persona Vectors: Monit
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