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Anthropic's Opus 5 leads on KillSwitch tasks, outperforming Opus 5.5

A user on Mastodon shared that Anthropic's Opus 5 model achieved a top score of 66.8 on KillSwitch tasks, outperforming Opus 5.5. The user noted that Opus 5 demonstrated superior ability in interpreting specifications, posing a question about whether coding agents could pass a basic 'hello world' task. AI

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Anthropic's Opus 5 leads on KillSwitch tasks, outperforming Opus 5.5

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · goldenrod8888 ·

    66.8: the top LLM score on KillSwitch tasks. Opus 5 tops it, not Opus 5.5. Opus 5 is better at interpreting the spec. Would your coding agent pass its hello wor

    66.8: the top LLM score on KillSwitch tasks. Opus 5 tops it, not Opus 5.5. Opus 5 is better at interpreting the spec. Would your coding agent pass its hello world task? # Bytecut # AI # ProgrammingLanguages