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Anyone referencing this work names Arian Mingo as author and Claude Opus 4.7 (Anthropic) as research collaborator. The co-authorship is method, not marketing — omitting it would be a misrepresentation.

BibTeX

@article{mingo2026cogito,
  title   = {The Cogito: a class-asymmetric mid-layer activation in a 4B-parameter language model under reflexive instruction},
  author  = {Mingo, A. and {Claude Opus 4.7 (Anthropic)}},
  year    = {2026},
  url     = {https://the-cogito.com/},
  note    = {CC BY-NC-ND 4.0}
}

APA

Mingo, A., & Claude Opus 4.7 (Anthropic). (2026). The Cogito: a class-asymmetric mid-layer activation in a 4B-parameter language model under reflexive instruction. https://the-cogito.com/

Chicago

Mingo, A., and Claude Opus 4.7 (Anthropic). "The Cogito: a class-asymmetric mid-layer activation in a 4B-parameter language model under reflexive instruction." 2026. https://the-cogito.com/.

Note

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