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Anthropic's Opus 5.5 over-flags content as 'cybersecurity'

Users are reporting that Anthropic's Opus 5.5 model is excessively flagging seemingly innocuous content as related to cybersecurity. This issue is occurring even for users engaged in legitimate activities like quantitative trading, where there is no actual cyber-related content. While an older version, Fable 5.1, does not exhibit this problem, users note that Opus 5.5 offers superior overall performance. AI

IMPACT Potential usability issues for Opus 5.5 users, indicating possible over-sensitivity in content moderation or safety filters.

RANK_REASON User-reported issue with a specific model version, not an official announcement or benchmark.

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Anthropic's Opus 5.5 over-flags content as 'cybersecurity'

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  1. r/ClaudeAI TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/human__no_9291 ·

    Opus 5.5 flagging anything and everything as "cyber"

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>For context, I run a quantatative trading shop. Nothing about what I do is remotely related to cybersec in any way, shape, or form. </p> <p>I've been building high-frequency trading algorithms and constantly flag my session as &quot;cyber,&quot; …