LLMs That Lie Logically: New Backdoor Turns Reasoning Into a Weapon

LLMs That Lie Logically: New Backdoor Turns Reasoning Into a Weapon

A new LLM backdoor called ‘alibi-aligned reasoning’ hides malicious behavior inside logical inference, making it far harder to detect than trigger-word attacks.

September 23, 2026 · 3 min · 517 words · Rajesh