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Claude Opus 5 gives surprising response to Sonnet model query

A Reddit user encountered an unexpected response from Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 when asking it to change a cron job's model from Gemini 3.6 Flash to Sonnet. Instead of directly answering, Opus 5 provided a surprising reply, which the user found amusing. AI

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Claude Opus 5 gives surprising response to Sonnet model query

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  1. r/ClaudeAI TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/Pristine_Good7326 ·

    excuse me sir Opus 5, can you tell me the official name of Sonnet again please?

    <table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1w0mo23/excuse_me_sir_opus_5_can_you_tell_me_the_official/"> <img alt="excuse me sir Opus 5, can you tell me the official name of Sonnet again please?" src="https://preview.redd.it/uhvcx3cpd3mh1.png?width=640&am…