Maximal Brain Damage Without Data or Optimization: Disrupting Neural Networks via Sign-Bit Flips

Published in TMLR, 2026

A handful of critical sign bits can break a neural network. Finding them reveals where protection matters most.

Authors: Ido Galil, Moshe Kimhi, Ran El-Yaniv

Galil: NVIDIA · Kimhi: Technion · El-Yaniv: Technion, NVIDIA. *Equal contribution.

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