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Anthropic's Opus 5.5 model triggers safeguards at max effort settings

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Users are reporting that Anthropic's Opus 5.5 model has limitations on its "high" or "max" effort settings. When prompted with certain questions at these higher effort levels, the model triggers safeguards and refuses to provide assistance. This suggests a trade-off where increased reasoning budget in Opus 5.5 may lead to restricted capabilities or safety overrides. AI

IMPACT This user observation suggests potential limitations or unexpected behavior in advanced AI models, impacting how they can be utilized for complex tasks.

RANK_REASON User reports and discussion about model behavior, not an official release or benchmark.

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Anthropic's Opus 5.5 model triggers safeguards at max effort settings

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

    High is the best effort allowed by Opus 5.5

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>If I ask certain types of questions to Opus 5.5 with xhigh or max effort, it always triggers a safeguard and won't help with it. It's funny how restricting the amount of reasoning budget actually allows to get something done, but you also lose on…

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