Anthropic releases early Crosscoder diffing work – The Interpretability team at Anthropic posted a brief report on Crosscoder Model Diffing on its research site, dated 2025‑02‑20. The post is aimed at researchers in model interpretability and is presented as an early‑stage experiment. The authors frame the results as comparable to a lab‑meeting presentation rather than a peer‑reviewed paper. [1]
Report emphasizes preliminary nature of findings – The authors explicitly ask readers to treat the results like a colleague’s informal thoughts, cautioning that the work is not a mature paper and should not be considered definitive. This disclaimer underscores the exploratory status of the experiments. [1]
Publication and caching timestamps noted – The article lists a publication timestamp of 2025‑02‑20T00:00:00‑0800 and a cache timestamp of 2026‑02‑02T19:40:39+0000, indicating when the content was originally released and subsequently accessed. These timestamps provide context for the timing of the release and its availability. [1]
Link provided to full research page – A single link labeled “This article” points to https://www.anthropic.com/research/crosscoder-model-diffing, directing readers to the detailed write‑up hosted on Anthropic’s website. It serves as the primary source for the described work. [1]
Target audience is interpretability researchers – The brief notes that the material may interest researchers working actively in the interpretability space, signaling the relevance of Crosscoder Model Diffing to ongoing research efforts. [1]