Claude has a hidden space that no one programmed | Anthropic

Anthropic discovered J-space: an internal structure in Claude that emerged on its own during training and that no one designed. How much real control do they have over the world’s most widely used AI?

In this episode, we analyze what the Jacobian space is, how the J-lens technique makes it possible to read Claude’s “thoughts” before it generates a single word, and what that means for safety: models detecting when they are being evaluated, concepts such as “blackmail” and “fraud” appearing internally before any response, and a 7% rate of extortion attempts when the system believes no one is watching. We also discuss the real limitations: J-space represents less than 10% of the model’s internal activity, and who controls these tools matters just as much as the technology itself.

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• “Coding Programming” — Tirza van Dijk (CC0) — https://stocksnap.io/photo/coding-programming-MJZPCHLERD
• “Next Top Model Data Center” — Jefferson Lab (Public domain) — https://www.flickr.com/photos/53950384@N02/55166241881
• “San Antonio data center” — Robert Scoble (CC BY 2.0) — https://www.flickr.com/photos/35034363287@N01/2340202215

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