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ReportMar 26, 2025Technical

Negative Results for Sparse Autoencoders On Downstream Tasks and Deprioritising SAE Research (Mechanistic Interpretability Team Progress Update)

Smith, Rajamanoharan et al. (Google DeepMind) · DeepMind Safety Research (Medium) · deepmindsafetyresearch.medium.com

Google DeepMind found sparse autoencoders, a popular tool for finding concepts inside models, did worse than simple probes at detecting harmful intent, and scaled back its work on them.

Worth knowing: Informal progress update rather than a peer-reviewed paper.