# Bad Influence story: Goodfire reports better neuron explanations from scaling agent investigations

Active · 2 articles · 1 source · First reported 11-10 13:26. Times are ET.
Story page: https://badinfluence.news/story/42b597b0-a089-4153-a456-cfe5eb5903d3

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Latest update (11-10 13:26): Goodfire says scaling agent investigations improves neuron explanations

Overview: Goodfire says scaling agent-driven investigations reliably improves its neuron explanations, measured by simulation scores. The company says each neuron it describes gives clues for the next, so its understanding of the network compounds.

Separately, Goodfire says it can generate short natural-language descriptions of neurons' roles. Given to a judge model, the company says these descriptions predict when a neuron will fire, simulate its behavior, and activate it more strongly than anything in its corpus.

Coverage timeline (newest first):
1. 11-10 13:26 · Goodfire · [Goodfire says scaling agent investigations improves neuron explanations](https://badinfluence.news/items/whzj15y5wdlp95wbxzdis4s1z)
2. 11-10 13:26 · Goodfire · [Goodfire says natural-language neuron descriptions predict and activate neurons](https://badinfluence.news/items/myndqq9980pqlfs99r2bj8iau)
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