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User creates 'Nikusui-v1' model by tweaking Qwen3.5-9B J-Space

A user on Reddit has created a new model called "Nikusui-v1" by modifying the J-Space of the Qwen3.5-9B model. This modification, inspired by Anthropic's Jacobian-Lens tool, allows for the alteration of a model's behavior. The creator claims this is the first model of its kind and has released it for scientific purposes, along with GGUF quantizations. AI

IMPACT Demonstrates novel methods for model behavior modification and customization.

RANK_REASON User-created model release based on existing tools, not a frontier lab release.

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User creates 'Nikusui-v1' model by tweaking Qwen3.5-9B J-Space

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  1. r/LocalLLaMA TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/Extraaltodeus ·

    I created a super harmful model ! :D (by tweaking it's J-Space!!!)

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Soooo! Since Anthropic share their <a href="https://github.com/anthropics/jacobian-lens">Jacobian-Lens</a> a few days ago I went on and made a tool based on it which <em>adds</em> the possibilité to export a model which will have the same behavio…