Research2026-06-23 · source-backed
"Exposing the Illusion of Erasure in Knowledge Editing" finds deleted facts stay recoverable.
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Knowledge editing promises to update or remove specific facts in an LLM without full retraining. This work shows apparent erasure is often an illusion, the edited information remains recoverable, and reliability is weaker than claimed. (arXiv) A direct warning for anyone using knowledge editing for compliance, privacy, or fact correction. Deletion may not be deletion, which has real legal weight if you told a regulator or a user that data was removed. Verify recoverability before you make that claim.
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