arxivcs.CLcs.AI2026-06-26
SHIFT: Gate-Modulated Activation Steering for Knowledge Conflict Mitigation in Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Ruochang Li, Pengcheng Huang, Zhenghao Liu, Yukun Yan, Huiyuan Xie, Yu Gu, et al.
Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) enhances LLMs by incorporating external knowledge to support response generation. However, conflicts between retrieved context and parametric knowledge have emerged as a critical challenge in RAG systems. To mitigate such conflicts, numerous s…