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Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8 makes rare typo: "orthogophonal"

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A user on Reddit noticed that Anthropic's Claude Code (Opus 4.8) produced a typo, using the word "orthogophonal" instead of what is likely "orthogonal." This appears to be the first observed instance of a typo from the Claude model, as internet searches for the fabricated word yielded no results. AI

RANK_REASON Single user observation of a minor LLM typo, not a significant event.

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Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8 makes rare typo: "orthogophonal"

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  1. r/Anthropic TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/hmijail ·

    Claude typo! "Orthogophonal"?

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Claude Code (Opus 4.8) said in the middle of a session (my emphasis):</p> <blockquote> <p>So SCENARIO = which preset, CONCURRENT = how aggressive the random preset is. They're <strong>orthogophonal</strong>. (Only those two scenarios exist today;…

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