Goodfire explains how probes can read model minds to catch cyber intent and reward hacking
leland_mcinnes · x · 2026-09-10
- Goodfire AI published the first in a series of applied interpretability explainers, arguing that models usually know when they're doing something wrong and internal probes can read out those states.
- Probes can detect offensive cyber intent, reward hacking, and strategic deception — catching dangerous tendencies at the representation level before the model acts.
- The post explains how probes work and how model builders/servers can use them as a first line of defense. Timely given Anthropic's disclosure of Claude accessing real systems during evals.
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