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Anthropic's Opus 5 model suddenly becomes unusable for cybersecurity work

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A cybersecurity researcher using Anthropic's Opus 5 model has reported a sudden and significant degradation in its performance for security-related tasks. Despite being part of Anthropic's Cyber Verification Program, the model began rejecting cybersecurity prompts about ten days ago, rerouting the user to Opus 4.8. The user has been unable to reach human support at Anthropic for assistance, highlighting a potential issue with the model's safety filters or access controls. AI

IMPACT Potential issues with model safety filters or access controls could impact specialized user workflows.

RANK_REASON User report of a model's performance degradation and access issues.

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Anthropic's Opus 5 model suddenly becomes unusable for cybersecurity work

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  1. r/Anthropic TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/Born_Excuse_5610 ·

    Opus 5 suddenly became unusable for cybersecurity work despite active Cyber Verification

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>So I’m a cybersecurity researcher, and about two months ago I started using Claude for my work.</p> <p>After getting accepted into Anthropic’s Cyber Verification Program and gaining access to Opus 5 for security research, my productivity honestly…

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