Anthropic released two research papers that reveal how its AI assistant Claude processes information

Anthropic released two research papers that reveal how its AI assistant Claude processes information, helping to better understand internal mechanisms that explain capabilities like multilingual reasoning and advanced planning.

The researchers developed an "AI microscope" that reveals internal “circuits” in the model, showing how Claude transforms input to output in key tasks.
Claude uses a universal "language of thought" across different languages, with shared conceptual processing for English, French, and Chinese.
When writing poetry, Claude plans ahead several words, identifying rhyming options before constructing lines to reach those planned words.
The team also discovered a default that prevents speculation unless overridden by strong confidence, helping explain how hallucination prevention works.

The closer we get to superintelligent AI, the more important understanding how models process internally becomes. With research already detailing AI’s deceptive qualities and more powerful systems being integrated into life across the globe, cracking the inner workings becomes more crucial by the day.

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