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User seeks older Anthropic Claude models, criticizes new versions

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A user on Reddit is expressing frustration with Anthropic's latest AI models, finding them "deeply useless and agitating" compared to older versions like Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Claude-4.6. The user is seeking any available methods to access these previous models, stating that if such access is not possible, they will consider moving to a different AI provider. AI

IMPACT User dissatisfaction with newer models may indicate a need for Anthropic to balance performance with user preference.

RANK_REASON User opinion piece about model versions.

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User seeks older Anthropic Claude models, criticizes new versions

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  1. r/Anthropic TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/Beneficial-Young-941 ·

    Are there literally ANY ways to get access to Claude Sonnet 4.5 and/or 4.6?

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I miss using models 4.5 and 4.6. I find the newer models to be deeply useless and agitating. I do not want to talk to these new pedantic hall monitor referee bots that Anthropic lauds as 'intelligent'. If there are literally ANY api key websites …

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