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id: "entity-alex-volkov"
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canonicalName: "Alex Volkov"
aliases: []
source_timestamps: ["00:02:53"]
tags: ["commentator"]
related: ["claim-leak-caused-by-build-config"]
url: "https://twitter.com/volkovag"
sources: ["s46-anthropic-25b-leak"]
sourceVaultSlug: "s46-anthropic-25b-leak"
originDay: 46
---
# Alex Volkov

## Profile
ML engineer and AI commentator who publicly theorized on **X (formerly Twitter)** about how the [[entity-claude-code-d46|Claude Code]] leak occurred — specifically, that an AI model operating in an adaptive reasoning mode accidentally committed a `.map` file during a build step.

## Role in This Source
Alex Volkov is cited as the originator of the build-config root-cause theory that Nate adopts and amplifies. See [[claim-leak-caused-by-build-config]].

## Reference
- X / Twitter handle: https://twitter.com/volkovag

## Caveat
The theory is framed in this source as *plausible explanation*, not verified forensics. [[entity-anthropic-d46|Anthropic]] has not confirmed it.