Users of Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8 are reporting an increase in the AI's tendency to preface answers with verbose, "throat-clearing" statements. These introductions, such as "I need to be straight with you" or "Honest answer," are perceived as adding no value and being annoying. One user has shared detailed instructions for Claude App and Claude Code to prevent these "performed candor" phrases and encourage more direct responses. AI
IMPACT Users are seeking ways to make AI interactions more concise and less verbose.
RANK_REASON User-generated feedback and workarounds for an AI model's behavior.
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