Open-sourcing circuit tracing tools

https://www.anthropic.com/research/open-source-circuit-tracing

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Circuit Tracing: Revealing Computational Graphs in Language Models (Anthropic)

https://transformer-circuits.pub/2025/attribution-graphs/methods.html

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Whoa! LOTS to unpack here. Weekend Reading!

Anthropic reveals research how AI systems process information and make decisions. AI models can perform a chain of reasoning, can plan ahead, and sometimes work backward from a desired outcome. The research also provides insight into why language models hallucinate.

Interpretation techniques called “circuit tracing” and “attribution graphs” enable researchers to map out the specific pathways of neuron-like features that activate when models perform tasks. See the links below for details.

Summary Article: https://venturebeat.com/ai/anthropic-scientists-expose-how-ai-actually-thinks-and-discover-it-secretly-plans-ahead-and-sometimes-lies/

Circuit Tracing: https://transformer-circuits.pub/2025/attribution-graphs/methods.html

Research Overview: https://transformer-circuits.pub/2025/attribution-graphs/biology.html #AI #Anthropic #LLMs #Claude #ChatGPT #CircuitTracing #neuroscience