Study: Interpretability Tools Provide No Uplift for In-The-Wild Behavior Evals
a_karvonen · x · 2026-08-22
- Core Finding: This research constructed an interpretability evaluation for "in-the-wild" behaviors, but results show that existing interpretability tools provided no significant performance uplift.
- Context: The work was conducted as part of the Anthropic Fellows Program with several collaborators.
- Availability: A paper and a detailed blog post have been published discussing the actual efficacy of interp evals.
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