@article{decoydirectionoptimizationaposthocdefens,
  title = {Decoy Direction Optimization: A Post-Hoc Defense Against LLM Abliteration},
  author = {Aashiq Muhamed and Mona T. Diab and Virginia Smith},
  year = {2026},
  eprint = {2609.16204},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.16204},
}