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Anthropic AI model performance questioned by users

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A user on Reddit's r/Anthropic subreddit is questioning whether Anthropic intentionally degrades the performance of its previous AI models, such as Claude Opus 4.8, to make newer releases appear more impressive. The user shared an experience where Opus 4.8 seemed to decline in its ability to follow instructions and began claiming it needed to pause, which they found unusual for an AI. AI

IMPACT Raises questions about AI model consistency and user trust.

RANK_REASON User opinion piece discussing potential model performance degradation.

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Anthropic AI model performance questioned by users

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  1. r/Anthropic TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/TeaSipper007 ·

    Is Anthropic pulling an Apple iPhone moment when new models come out, the nerf the previous so new looks more impressive?

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I’m highly skeptical but when I used opus 4.8 it was so good and would follow instructions, then it got to the point it was not reading skills etc and kept pausing claiming its best to start tmo.</p> <p>You’re an ai bot, you need sleep? </p> </di…

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