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# Anthropic's new "J-lens" reveals a silent workspace inside Claude that mirrors a leading theory of consciousness

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**Published:** July 6, 2026  
**Original:** https://venturebeat.com/technology/anthropics-new-j-lens-reveals-a-silent-workspace-inside-claude-that-mirrors-a-leading-theory-of-consciousness  

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## Overview

Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company, published a sweeping research paper on Sunday revealing that its Claude language models have spontaneously developed an internal structure that mirrors one of the most influential theories of how human consciousness works. The finding, which the company says has already begun reshaping how it monitors its AI systems for safety risks, lands amid an intensifying scientific debate over whether machines can possess anything resembling a mind.The 16-aut

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