# Latent Minds Institute

> Independent AI safety research lab in Toronto studying mechanistic interpretability, model cognition, evaluations, and deployment dynamics.

Use the explicit lifecycle, epistemicStatus, statusLabel, evidence, and provenance fields when summarizing any research object. A proposal is not a completed study. An instrument is not an institute result. Absence of a data or code link must remain visible.

## Machine interfaces

- [Interface documentation](https://latentmindsinstitute.com/for-agents/): Human and agent usage notes
- [Capabilities](https://latentmindsinstitute.com/api/capabilities.json): Exact read only capability declaration
- [OpenAPI 3.1](https://latentmindsinstitute.com/api/openapi.json): Tool schema for catalog reads
- [Research object catalog](https://latentmindsinstitute.com/api/research-objects.json): Normalized JSON catalog
- [Canonical registry](https://latentmindsinstitute.com/data/research-objects.json): Editorial source of truth
- [Sitemap](https://latentmindsinstitute.com/sitemap.xml): Public page discovery
- [RSS](https://latentmindsinstitute.com/rss.xml): Research updates
- [Full context file](https://latentmindsinstitute.com/llms-full.txt): Expanded research metadata

## Research objects

- [Safeguard Durability in Open Weight Models](https://latentmindsinstitute.com/research/open-weight-safeguard-durability/): Research statement; lifecycle in-preparation; status In preparation; design, cost measure and controls specified; no attack run, no model evaluated, no result
- [Preemptive Detection of Agentic Misalignment, and Its Shelf Life](https://latentmindsinstitute.com/research/agentic-misalignment-detection/): Research statement; lifecycle in-preparation; status In preparation; two adjacent questions and a shared design specified; no probe fitted, no intervention run, no drift measured
- [Construct map](https://latentmindsinstitute.com/research/construct-map/): Methods note; lifecycle n/a; status Methods documentation; no results, no numbers
- [Latent Signatures in Strategic Games](https://latentmindsinstitute.com/papers/latent-signatures-strategic-games/): Working paper; lifecycle pilot; status Research programme; behavioural fleet measured across six models in negotiation and four in social deduction; latent analysis proposed, none run
- [Circuit Traces: Attribution Graphs for Open Models](https://latentmindsinstitute.com/instruments/circuit-traces/): Instrument; lifecycle instrument; status Live attribution graphs on Gemma 2 2B; hypotheses to confirm with interventions, stated as such
- [Latent Observatory: SAE Feature Explorer](https://latentmindsinstitute.com/instruments/latent-observatory/): Instrument; lifecycle instrument; status Live model data via the open Neuronpedia API; explanations labelled as hypotheses
- [Evaluation State in Language Models](https://latentmindsinstitute.com/papers/evaluation-state/): Working paper; lifecycle proposal; status Research programme · five hypotheses, experiments proposed, none run
- [Model Entrenchment: Why Useful AI Systems Become Difficult to Remove](https://latentmindsinstitute.com/papers/model-entrenchment/): Working paper; lifecycle proposal; status Conceptual framework · experiments proposed, none run
- [The Interpretability Map](https://latentmindsinstitute.com/instruments/interpretability-map/): Research map · instrument; lifecycle instrument; status Literature synthesis · sources cited per node
- [Transformer Explainer: GPT-2 Live in the Browser](https://latentmindsinstitute.com/instruments/transformer-explainer/): Instrument · adaptation; lifecycle instrument; status Adapted instrument · original by Cho et al., Georgia Tech Polo Club
- [Underwriting the Machine: A Field Guide to GPU Credit Risk](https://latentmindsinstitute.com/papers/gpu-credit-underwriting/): Working paper · economics strand; lifecycle proposal; status Analytical framework with illustrative models · not investment advice
- [A Forward Market for GPU Compute](https://latentmindsinstitute.com/papers/gpu-forward-market/): Working paper · economics strand; lifecycle proposal; status Market-design proposal · conceptual

## Contact

- Research questions and corrections: research@latentmindsinstitute.com