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title: "Model backdoors are easy to create and hard to reliably remove"
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published_at: "2026-10-13T12:52:01.000Z"
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summary: "Model backdoors are easy to create and hard to reliably remove, presenting novel asymmetries that favor attackers."
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# Model backdoors are easy to create and hard to reliably remove

> [Open the canonical story](<https://aidr.today/960e026d?lang=en>)

**Published:** 2026-10-13T12:52:01.000Z
**Category:** Research
**Topics:** safety

## Summary

Model backdoors are easy to create and hard to reliably remove, presenting novel asymmetries that favor attackers\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://equistamp.substack.com/p/model-backdoors-are-easy-to-create>)
- [Discussion](<https://lobste.rs/s/6r6mts/model_backdoors_are_easy_create_hard>)