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Yes, Claude Code can decompile itself. Here's the source code

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A novel AI-based method for deobfuscating and transpiling code has been developed. It can reconstruct source code from compiled JavaScript, convert between languages, and decompile binaries by feeding large codebases to AI models in chunks with repeated prompting. This technique poses risks for companies using "source available" models with restrictive licenses, as proprietary features could be recreated and licensing restrictions potentially bypassed, akin to cryptocurrency mixers obscuring transaction origins.

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