"As a Language Model": Chat Template Switches LLM Self-Referential Voice

A research paper titled "As a Language Model": Chat Template Switches LLM Self-Referential Voice, authored by Jędrzej Maczan, has been accepted to the COLM 2026 Workshop on Efficient Reasoning and the KONVENS 2026 First Workshop on Evaluating LLMs for Specialized Domains (Eval4SD). This paper, categorized under Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Computation and Language, was first submitted on August 9, 2026, and is available as arXiv:2609.25021.